Colours of Thassilonian sin magic?


Lost Omens Campaign Setting General Discussion


Do each of the seven sins/schools of Thassilonian magic have a specific colour attached to them?

The reason why I'm asking is that ...

RotR AE AP spoiler:
Book 5 of the RotR AE AP describes seven pillars, each one associated with one of the schools of Thassilonian sin magic. "If all seven pillars are active at the same time ... the central pillar begins glowing and ripples with a vortex of light that combines all seven of the surrounding colors." (RotR AE, p. 252)

However, the text does not give any specific colours associated with the Thassilonian schools/forms of sin.


Not in canon, as far as I know.

That said, the Sihedron Rune symbol from PFS Season 4 associates the following colors with the seven runes...

Wrath - evocation - red
Gluttony- necromancy - orange
Greed - transmutation - yellow
Sloth - conjuration - green
Envy - abjuration - blue
Lust - enchantment - indigo
Pride - illusion - violet

However, I don't know if that was a deliberate choice by the designers or artistic license on the part of the artist.

I played in a D&D 3.0/3.5 game from 2002 to 2007 where each of the eight schools of magic were associated with a color of one of the eight moons of the world...

Red - Evocation
Orange - Conjuration
Yellow - Illusion
Green - Enchantment
Blue - Abjuration
Violet - Transmutation
White - Diviniation
Black - Necromancy

(Those are the colors I still associate with the schools of magic, mainly because that campaign ran for like five years...)

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They do, but we're not publishing the colors until one of the adventures in Return of the Runelords.

BUT I can list them here anyway!

Spoiler:

Sloth: Blue (A cold, frozen color)
Greed: Yellow (The color of gold)
Envy: Green (AKA "green with envy")
Gluttony: Indigo (A dark, spooky color akin to night, when the dead rise)
Wrath: Orange (The color of fire and burning)
Lust: Red (The color of blood and passion for life)
Pride: Violet (A royal color for kings and those who rule)


Thank you for the answers, especially the "early" canon one from James Jacobs!

Knowing how the colour attribution works will help with describing things, particularly for my more detail-oriented players. :)

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