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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7466230" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>The rock does not necessarily have "no source of power," as the PHB does say that every rock has the untapped potential energy of magic. We could speculate why souls are more valuable to devils than the magic potential of rocks - maybe in that new Mordenkainen book - but this seems beside the point. </p><p></p><p>Probably not. Most people would not consider themselves being "electric" or producers of electricity. But our body generates and conducts electric currents constantly. Likewise, most people would not consider themselves radioactive, because we colloquially reserve its use in common parlance to a degree of radioactivity that breaks our sense of norms. Likewise the world of D&D presumes a different normative baseline. </p><p></p><p>Of course not, because you did not tap into the rock's latent magical power appropriately to achieve the desired effect. We may as well say that a magical sword is not actually magical, because it also is made of iron, carbon, leather, and wood. It is infused with <em>enough</em> magic that it constitutes a significant enough deviation from the norm and can be used as a countermeasure against other magically significant things. </p><p></p><p>But your point speaks to what I have been saying. Ki energy exists within all people. We are told as much by the monk flavor text in the PHB. This would categorically include fighters, as fighters are people. As such, fighters can hypothetically draw on this energy. We are only told that monks have named this energy and that they learn to manipulate it in ways particular to them. That does not somehow erase the existence of said energy within fighters or other creatures. And the point being is that this life energy that exists within fighters is likely the "reserve power" that they use for their action surges and second winds. They are not performing magical healing or haste in the same manner as clerics or wizards, but they are still likely drawing upon the magical energy that flows through their own being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7466230, member: 5142"] The rock does not necessarily have "no source of power," as the PHB does say that every rock has the untapped potential energy of magic. We could speculate why souls are more valuable to devils than the magic potential of rocks - maybe in that new Mordenkainen book - but this seems beside the point. Probably not. Most people would not consider themselves being "electric" or producers of electricity. But our body generates and conducts electric currents constantly. Likewise, most people would not consider themselves radioactive, because we colloquially reserve its use in common parlance to a degree of radioactivity that breaks our sense of norms. Likewise the world of D&D presumes a different normative baseline. Of course not, because you did not tap into the rock's latent magical power appropriately to achieve the desired effect. We may as well say that a magical sword is not actually magical, because it also is made of iron, carbon, leather, and wood. It is infused with [I]enough[/I] magic that it constitutes a significant enough deviation from the norm and can be used as a countermeasure against other magically significant things. But your point speaks to what I have been saying. Ki energy exists within all people. We are told as much by the monk flavor text in the PHB. This would categorically include fighters, as fighters are people. As such, fighters can hypothetically draw on this energy. We are only told that monks have named this energy and that they learn to manipulate it in ways particular to them. That does not somehow erase the existence of said energy within fighters or other creatures. And the point being is that this life energy that exists within fighters is likely the "reserve power" that they use for their action surges and second winds. They are not performing magical healing or haste in the same manner as clerics or wizards, but they are still likely drawing upon the magical energy that flows through their own being. [/QUOTE]
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