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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdweller00" data-source="post: 8835122" data-attributes="member: 6778479">The conceptual problem I think you are having here is that the Weave is NOT actually the definitive way in which magic works in 5e.&nbsp; It's just a Forgotten Realms conceit; one specific way of visualizing magecraft.&nbsp; The ONE place it is mentioned in the core rulebooks explicitly calls this out.&nbsp; From the sidebar on p.205 (of MY phb at least) that mentions it:The core books describe the variability of magic in many places.&nbsp; For example &quot;Wild and enigmatic, varied in form and function, the power of magic draws students to seek to master its mysteries&quot; (2nd heading, Wizard class description, PHB).&nbsp; Or the opening chapter of the DMG which talks about animism - the concept that spirits are everywhere and that everything has a spirit - as a cosmological viewpoint.&nbsp; Convincing supernatural creatures to affect the world for you actually fits this model of interface between caster's will and raw magic just fine.To go back to the example of the coughing servitor demon (Hex spell) - that demon would be the &quot;interface between the caster's will and the stuff of raw magic&quot;.&nbsp; The caster is informing the demon what he or she wants, and the demon is manipulating the &quot;stuff of raw magic&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowdweller00, post: 8835122, member: 6778479"] The conceptual problem I think you are having here is that the Weave is NOT actually the definitive way in which magic works in 5e. It's just a Forgotten Realms conceit; one specific way of visualizing magecraft. The ONE place it is mentioned in the core rulebooks explicitly calls this out. From the sidebar on p.205 (of MY phb at least) that mentions it: The core books describe the variability of magic in many places. For example "Wild and enigmatic, varied in form and function, the power of magic draws students to seek to master its mysteries" (2nd heading, Wizard class description, PHB). Or the opening chapter of the DMG which talks about animism - the concept that spirits are everywhere and that everything has a spirit - as a cosmological viewpoint. Convincing supernatural creatures to affect the world for you actually fits this model of interface between caster's will and raw magic just fine. To go back to the example of the coughing servitor demon (Hex spell) - that demon would be the "interface between the caster's will and the stuff of raw magic". The caster is informing the demon what he or she wants, and the demon is manipulating the "stuff of raw magic". [/QUOTE]

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