>>12794114Agreed. However I am taking what I've seen from the show and combining it with real life voodoo. I do like and agree that zebras can have elaborate rituals and the like, as that is a part of Louisiana Voodoo.
>>12794208I see where you're coming from, and I do like the gist of it. However having particular spirit guide or animal is more Tribal Native American; in this world, the buffalo. I would like to work on that aspect to make it fit the more African vibe where it's more, "there are many spirits to commune with" vibe, though I love where you're coming from.
>>12794494These days when i think of "alchemy" I think of Skyrim, so yeah. But if the name is an issue it can easily be swapped.
I'd say their senses aid them, but don't locate it for them. Either they have a feeling that "there's something around here I'm looking for," or "I can smell it in the general vicinity."
And that's why it would be the most difficult thing for us to learn; it's our equivalent of mastering magic or flight. It would take a lot of time, effort, and patients to be able to do spirit communications and the like.
I'm probably the only one, but I don't see voodoo as "magic." It's a supernatural effect via channeling inborn energies, but I feel that magic is something different. A unicorn can pick up a book and read through it to learn a spell. The only way for a zebra to discover something is to either be taught by word of mouth, trial and error, or via some sort of a pact or deal with a spirit. I also believe it to be far weaker and more limited than magic, but it can produce some unique effects even unicorns don't quite get.
Or have some hilarious results should their effort not succeed. 