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Hum, what do you mean with false?
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I misunderstood what you were saying.
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Maiar encompasses an enormous range of power.
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Of course. You could write an entire dissertation on the beings of Middle Earth and people have done.
The point it, the Istari _all_ have more power available than they actually use.
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I don't think there's any distinction in Tolkien between "innate power" and "traditional spell" as sources of magic. What is a "traditional spell," exactly, according to you?
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I'm trying to think of a way to make spell-like effects more expensive but not completely unobtainable... buying them like a superpower or something. The Istari cast spells because they are supernatural beings, not because they are mortals who memorized something in a spell book.