Coiling
Coiling adjective - Turning around an axis like the thread of a screw.
Usage example: the coiling strands of rope
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Synonyms for Coiling
Straight
Straight adjective - Free from irregularities or digressions in course.
Usage example: in the wide, open spaces of the West some rural roads are incredibly straight
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And you are forced by invisible walls and unclimbable mounds of sand to take a complicated coiling road plagued with monsters instead of just freakin' running in a straight line towards the ruins.
- Coiling Dragon: The Straight Chisel School of stonesculpting allows Earth-style magi to use their sense of stone to carve without the use of precision tools.
Source: Secret Art -
The magic system of Coiling Dragon plays this trope straight.
Source: Elemental Powers
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