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Old 07-16-2021, 08:02 AM   #9
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Default Re: Extra Forms Of 'Magery'

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Originally Posted by scc View Post
No, I'm not talking about allowing, say, RPM Magery into a campaign that already allows standard Magery, no something more interesting.

Magic says that Magery is present in between 1% and 2% of the population and Thaumatology says that it may be genetic (I think, that could be Magic again or Infinite Worlds), and in Banestorm it is true.
The key word in that is "may". Thaumatology also says this:
*"Supernatural Inspiration: Some or all magic could be a gift from unearthly powers, or the product of special insights into the supernatural realm. "
*"Education: If magic needs or benefits from something more than natural talent and intuition, then an education system is likely to emerge."

Yrth has had tweeks over the years. 1e-2e Yrth had only half of the wizards with Magery.

3e tried to fix that glitch but Classic: Magic still had its form of Clerical Magic which allowed "non-mage clerics to use spells of one (or a few) colleges as though they were mages. So, even in normal and low-mana areas, a cleric of (for instance) a healing-oriented power can cast Healing spells."[1] The cost of this 'Blessed (can cast spells as if mage)'was determined by the number of colleges the cleric could use[2] but was still mana dependent.

n 4e it is expressly stated that Power Investiture is unknown on Yrth but elsewhere it is stated that Ritual Magic does exist on Yrth, with the Closer To Heaven talent providing a bonus to the skill. Maxed out to +4 this puts non mage Ritual Magic wizards (Clerics) at only a -1 compared to their mage counterparts.

While Ebhla and Gormgrimm Runehammer from Classic: Wizardsexpressly use Rune magic they only show other forms of magery based magic exists on Yrth.
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