Block Interaction

This entry contains tricks that operate directly on blocks in the world.

Ploy of Destruction

Vector -> Vector

Breaks the block at the given position.

Ploy of Creation

Vector, Slot, Vector?, Vector? -> Vector

Vector, Block, Vector?, Vector? -> Vector

Places a block at the given position.

The block to place is determined based on a slot reference or block type fragment.

If given a block type, the first available item of that type in the caster's inventory will be consumed.

Ploy of Creation optionally takes two additional arguments.

The first defines the direction to place from.
The second defines what side of an adjacent block is interacted with when placing.

Some blocks may change their facing or other properties based on these values.

Ploy of Featherweight

Entity, Number -> Entity

Vector, Number -> Entity

Given a number between zero and one, levitates the block at the given position, using the number as its gravity multiplier.

The gravity manipulation of Ploy of Featherweight usually wears off after about a second if not reapplied.

Applying it again to an already levitating block with a multiplier below one might be used to keep the block in its levitating state for longer, even while touching the ground.

If one instead wants to force the block to solidify regardless of its position or state, a featherweight of exactly one may be applied.

Ploy of Exchange

Vector, Vector -> Void

Exchanges the blocks at two positions in the world. Neither of the positions can be empty.

Note: Heating and Cooling

By pushing or pulling a large quantity of mana into or from a block, it may be rapidly heated or cooled.

Given these extreme temperature changes, some blocks may change significantly in useful ways, though some collateral effects on surrounding blocks should be expected.