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Black Leviathan · 05-13-2021, 11:04 PM

Magery is an aptitude. If you have it you're adept, not skilled, not trained, not experienced. It is described in the same terms as a Talent, and I don't allow players to develop talents by simply wanting to be talented and spending XP. In a word with magic you can certainly change yourself to have different aptitudes. Get infected with a demonic parasite, or make a pact with a dark entity or simply make a great wish. But you are changing the things about you the govern your aptitude, not putting your nose in a spell book and making the grade, that's how you get higher spell levels or perhaps how you raise your IQ.

05-13-2021, 11:04 PM	#46
Black Leviathan Join Date: Sep 2018	Re: Magery as an improvable advantage? Magery is an aptitude. If you have it you're adept, not skilled, not trained, not experienced. It is described in the same terms as a Talent, and I don't allow players to develop talents by simply wanting to be talented and spending XP. In a word with magic you can certainly change yourself to have different aptitudes. Get infected with a demonic parasite, or make a pact with a dark entity or simply make a great wish. But you are changing the things about you the govern your aptitude, not putting your nose in a spell book and making the grade, that's how you get higher spell levels or perhaps how you raise your IQ.