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Originally Posted by Dienekes
1. Song seems somehow more central than a simple restriction to the magery of some prominent characters. IIRC, the act of creation is described in The Silmarillion as a kind of symphony, and those prominent characters who sing their spells are (almost?) always immortals.
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That is an excellent point. I like that line of thinking.
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Originally Posted by Dienekes
The game Burning Wheel looks in many ways like LOTR sans serial number. It treats song as the only mode of elven magic, and its elven songs do have a really nice (to me) M-E feel to them. (Of course, I played tons of MERP/RM in my youth, so my standard for authentic M-E magic feel may be a little lax...) As with most rpg elements, that stuff is easily adaptable to GURPS.
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I have that RPG recommended to me all the time. I am going to just have to break down and buy it.
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Originally Posted by Dienekes
3.I had a girlfriend once who could come pretty close.
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Oh, gaaawwd, I'm dyin' over here! That's great!