Re: Change (was: (TFT) Jobs table: ...)

[Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>]

So the problem with TFT, and I think I mentioned this somewhere, is  
that magic on one hand is treated more like an understandable thing,  
more or less a science, like with books.

But in other places it says that those books and such aren't the only  
way, obviously, and that a true master can make spells happen without  
going through the motions, and so on... Similarly, I'd imagine that  
someone coming up with a spell does it however they make it work...

So to me the most reasonable explanation (it is magic we're  
discussing, though...) is that magic gains power from, essentially,  
willpower/energy (why you get tired), and imagination (intelligence).  
Under that explanation, the main reason that books work is that it  
provides a lot of the imagination for you (it tells you what you're  
going to get, so you don't need to think it up) and the strength of a  
wizard's belief in the book and instructions as a magic item/way of  
doing things might help his willpower out a bit, too...

But different settings do it however they want. I usually just leave  
magic as a kinda inexplicable force that some characters can use  
naturally and slowly become better at through practice- they have the  
capability to do any spell in theory, but only by practicing can they  
do spells, and by practice they can also hold more spells at a time...
On Sep 30, 2011, at 9:02 AM, raito@raito.com wrote:

> Quoting Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>:
> > Now, it might work differently in different settings, but in baseline
> > TFT it says that magicians say different words, do different things,
> > etc, all for the same effects... it has more to do with doing your  
> > own
> > ritual, whatever it is for you, to build up your own energy,
> > willpower, whatever, so that you can do your thing.... its not a
> > science, at all, basically, its just magic.
>
> Please cite this, because my quick scan doesn't seem to find that.
> On the other hand, if magic were that individualized, how do you  
> explain that one wizard can teach a spell to another. And how do you  
> explain casting a spell from a book?
>
> I quote page 7 of AM:
>
> A book is simply a set of written instructions for spells.
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
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