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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9386489" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Well, if we are going to do the "explaining what magic is" game, might as well throw my hat into the ring. This is about how I do it.Sorcerers draw their power from themselves. Sorcererous magic is raw and unfiltered, either pulled directly from the cosmos or directly from another power source. It can in many ways be considered the first magic, the ability to shape raw energy into forms. Bardic Magic is also sometimes argued to be the first magic, and it is the magic of repetition and story. A bard might call upon the memory of a great firestorm, and throw sparks of that fire. Bardic magic works because the universe recognizes patterns, and these patterns carve themselves into the universe. The thunderous charge of The 7th Brigade might not be enough to call forth a Thunderwave spell, but the story of a thunderous charge of a heroic cavalry has been told a million times in a thousand tongues, and the universe recognizes that and calls forth its fury as the bard channels that power. Wizardry is much more academic and structured. Wizards found the power underpinning the multiverse, the chains of magic that bind all things together, the rules that underpin all things, and ways to manipulate those rules to alter the existence you are in by calling upon another. As long as the multiverse exists, so does this power.Druid Magic is specifically the magic of nature and the spirits that deal within it. The Material World has its own weight, the same as any other plane of existence, and this is what the Druid calls upon, bringing that force and that magic to bear. And, as long as the Material World exists, the Druid has their power. Clerical magic is the magic of Faith, but also the magic of community. Sentient beings give off faith energy in much the same way they give off heat. But Faith energy can be directed, channeled, and often this is done towards a God. That god then gathers that power and uses it as fuel to send magical effects back down to the faithful. Clerics in particular are channeling the faith of hundreds of individuals, refined and directed by their god's innate power and wisdom. As long as the community of the faithful exist, so does this power. Warlocks and Paladins are a bit different. The Universe recognizes and empowers oaths, pacts and contracts. Through a contract a deity might take a seed of power and see it bloom a hundred times over, empowered by the very magic of the binding contract itself, enforced by the very nature of the universe. A Paladin's oath is similar, but is entirely with themselves. The seed of strength needed to fuel the contract comes from themselves, and it only grows if they themself empower it. This is another ancient form of magic, perhaps more ancient than the Bardic ur-magic, as an oath is possible as long as sentience and emotion are involved.</blockquote>

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