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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4788111" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>For me, magic is more something like "use sulfur and bat guano to create a bead that explodes into a blast of flames" or "pray to the god and your wounds will heal!"</p><p>The cause (bat guano) and effect (fireball) are magic - you're using something symbolic to achieve something in (game world) reality. Of course, this is possible in the real world, too - you push a button and somewhere else a door opens, for example - the button was just a symbol for opening the door, but thanks to some kind of mechanismn it opened the door. Magic introduces such a mechanism that is totally invisible but yet ever present. It is as if you never needed to install the wires and the door mechanism, it's just there. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't assume such a "hidden" mechanism for martial abilities. If the fighter uses Come and Get It, there is a clearly visible thing going on - even if it's just him saying "Come and Get it!" to his enemies and them reacting to it. That's why I also tend to assume the "narrative" approach here it's the player using Come and Get It, the Fighter just says something to provoke his enemies (or maybe he uses a lasso, or shakes the tree the Goblin archers are hiding on, or whatever.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4788111, member: 710"] For me, magic is more something like "use sulfur and bat guano to create a bead that explodes into a blast of flames" or "pray to the god and your wounds will heal!" The cause (bat guano) and effect (fireball) are magic - you're using something symbolic to achieve something in (game world) reality. Of course, this is possible in the real world, too - you push a button and somewhere else a door opens, for example - the button was just a symbol for opening the door, but thanks to some kind of mechanismn it opened the door. Magic introduces such a mechanism that is totally invisible but yet ever present. It is as if you never needed to install the wires and the door mechanism, it's just there. I wouldn't assume such a "hidden" mechanism for martial abilities. If the fighter uses Come and Get It, there is a clearly visible thing going on - even if it's just him saying "Come and Get it!" to his enemies and them reacting to it. That's why I also tend to assume the "narrative" approach here it's the player using Come and Get It, the Fighter just says something to provoke his enemies (or maybe he uses a lasso, or shakes the tree the Goblin archers are hiding on, or whatever.) [/QUOTE]
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