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 #### Scratchings
 
+* active time vs wait time battle system
+* the terrain you fight on affects the strength of spells and attacks
+
 Server Room:
 * constructor
 * destructor
@@ -35,4 +38,9 @@ Multithreading the network packets:
 * queue
 * function to push to the queue
 * function to retreive from the queue
-* Get the client running first
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+* Get the client running first
+
+
+I read in an article about magic being affected by the environment. What if in the ATB system, magic was affected by what type of terrain you were fighting on? Like, if you were in a volcano, fire magic was more powerful, but ice magic was weaker?
+
+Unless you had an ice crystal to draw magic from, which makes up for the lack of ice magic sources, but the crystals only had limited amount of uses?
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