what is more fun with GURPS fast magic or slow magic?

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by whswhs

I have no real-world supernatural beliefs, and therefore stories about calling on supernatural forces don't give me a sense of roleplaying "false" or "wrong" supernatural beliefs. To me it's all mythology.

That still seems like a belief if everything has to have what you would consider a "naturalistic" explanation. It does not strike me as a properly scientific view, unless it is a matter of semantics: if it can be observed and understood it is "natural" no matter what is involved. If that is the case, my apologies, but we use these terms quite differently.

Originally Posted by whswhs

As it happens, I enjoy fantasy as a genre, and am perfectly willing to suspend my disbelief. I've run campaigns where the supernatural forces were Muslim, or Christian; I've run campaigns where they're classical pagan or animist. To me they're all mythology. I can recognize intellectually that someone might feel otherwise, but it's hard for me to imagine feeling that way myself.

Although opposites, I'm not sure if one should consider those "equal" in terms of what is demanded of one ignoring one's personal beliefs. Equivalent, but not equal as what is being asked of one is of not of equal consequence to another. Try thinking of something that, even if restricted purely to role-playing, you just wouldn't enjoy acting out. There may be nothing, of course, in which case yes it will remain a foreign notion.

Originally Posted by whswhs

What you describe as "I don't call it magic" is precisely the sort of thing that feels most authentically magical to me.

Oh indeed... which is why it ranges from "boring" to "odious" to one such as myself... most of the time. It may or may not bother others, but think of it as being akin to asking someone to role-play out something that touches upon a personal tragedy or trauma. I do not claim the circumstances to be identical, but merely the easiest way to explain it to someone that lacks similar concerns.