Dark Fantasy and Magic

[theshadow99]

Ok, remember while I own thaumatology, I've never used it... I own all the sub books as well (age of gold, Alchemical Baroque, Magical Styles, Urban Magic). Not a one have I ever had to use... xD

And in folklore some 'sorcerers' do in fact cause instant effects... In the Russian tale of the firebird, Kaschei the Immortal sorcerer changes the beautiful maiden Maryushka into the firebird with the words "Because you are so loath to leave your kindred, a bird you shall be, and no more a maiden fair." That hardly sounds like a ritual magic working to me...

Remember the setting assumes folklore is literally true... and succubi seek to draw forth your life in dreams, 'Faerie Folk' are real (and varied from 'elves' to 'goblins'), as are gremlins and gargoyles. Magic is actually abundant, it's man that is seldom a part of magic.

This is what becomes a problem to represent...

Bards for instance like Taliesin are legendary for feats more than purely mortal... Or the Pied Piper...

I tend to agree that 'artillery mages' are out... Though calling lightning is common enough, though most likely a multiple round effort... Traditional Fantasy is a modern view on folklore era mythology removing the darker foreboding dark ages peoples had and so expressed...