Elements

[Sigfried Hunin]

Yeah, as far as I understand it, heat the the EXCITATION of molecules. This means the molecules themselves are moving. When certain substances become hot enough, the chemicals bonds between them break, creating gases, and because these gasses are so excited, they put of the energy we see as light. However, electricity is ONLY the movement of electrons. This can be due to ionic transfer or having FREE electrons. You're not speeding up the movement of the electrons, they're just changing their valence from a purely negative charge (IE: a single electron has a negative charge) to a more balanced charge by joining another molecule. Heat is COMPLETE molecules that are moving at a high speed.
The reason lightning moves from the clouds if a static charge. It's literally static shock on a massive level, the electrons trying to find the closest conducting material to diffuse to.

Piper would be a lot better at explaining it.

Also, everything is on the periodic table. Wind, water earth are all molecular, and can be found on the chart in different concentrations and mixtures.


I don't think a scientific/logical approach will solve this. The idea of elements is based off of centuries of attempts at understanding the world through alchemy, and it's not a logical science. We need to discuss this in a manner that directly addresses the RPG in my opinion.