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Originally Posted by Phantasm
One thing with Dr. Strange is that most of his high-power spells are not fueled by him or even ambient mana, but by entreating god-like entities for power: the Crimson Bands of Cytorrak, the Winds of Watoomb, Flames of the Faltine, etc. all call upon the entity named to give him energy and/or cast the spell itself with him directing it.
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Maybe he's got Clerical Investment in addition to Magery?
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Originally Posted by Phantasm
Even his bread and butter spells (f'rex, eldricht blast, eldricht shield) draw upon ambient magical energies rather than his own.
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Perhaps he uses Threshold-Limited Magic (pg 76 of GURPS Thaumatology) ? Do you recall if any longterm use of magic in the same area by him causes Calamity?
The only thing about Threshold Magery which doesn't seem to line up with the "ambient energies" stuff is you'd think that would mean if you moved elsewhere (ie took a plane to another continent) that ambient energies across the world would be just fine...
But Threshold is based on the caster's personal use, rather than the environment's being used, so it doesn't really pan out.
Perhaps mages who draw on the environment could be modeled using Leech? If a tree has HT then would a tree have FP?
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Still not sure how to separate eco-centric and exo-centric magic from the "powered by personal energies" ego-centric magic (which is limited to stuff like telepathy, Jedi mind tricks, and astral projection).
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Are those examples where Strange does exhaust his own physical body's fatigue?
I swear I've seen him sweating/tired from doing magic stuff before... he might be capable of using his own FP but simply opts to use mostly alternative sources to avoid exhausting himself and stay fresh in case he needs FP for an emergency.