I'm remaking D&D 3.5's character options, and I'm making good leeway into all the classes (sans NPC classes) and some classes are more involved than others. One of those classes is the Wu Jen, and I'd like some help clearing up its base mechanic: Wu Xing.

Wu Xing deals with the five movements of Chinese thought between the five elements; Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. The movements between them are Creates, Destroys, Insults, Overacts, and Weakens.

The Wu Jen will be interacting with this system on top of what other spellcasters deal with; spellschools, elements, SR, etc. The Wu Jen just has another method of counters and support for other magic that no other spellcasters have, so that they don't have to treat a spell that deals Fire damage like a Fire spell, but rather as an Earth spell due to its place in breaking down the base state of the body of the other. Tree Shape can also be Water due to its capacity to change your look into something completely different.

I'm going to include a system of class resources to interact with it but that's not what I need help with. What I need help with is how to express all Spells into a general class of five different elements.

I'll give a summary of what I have in the next post due to character limits.

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