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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8835686" data-attributes="member: 6704184">The section you bolded disagrees with you. &quot;Mortals can't directly shape this raw magic.&nbsp; Instead they make use of a fabric of magic, a kind of interface between the will of the spellcaster and the stuff of raw magic.&nbsp; The spellcasters of the Forgotten Realms call it the Weave and recognize its essence as the Goddess Mystra, but casters have varied ways of naming and visualizing this interface.&quot; Varied ways of naming and visualising this interface. That sentence means that those other casters are still accessing the weave. The only thing that is unique to FR is calling by that specific name and believing that it is Mystra manifesting in the world as magic. But regardless of naming conventions, it's the same thing. Magic exists in the world, is external to the self but part of the world, and can be manipulated through formula. Your demon example is just adding an intermediary between magic and an individual with no ability to interface with magic themself, it doesn't change the fact that the magic is there, in the world, being interfaced with by a conscious being. It's no different than hiring a wizard to cast spells for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8835686, member: 6704184"] The section you bolded disagrees with you. "Mortals can't directly shape this raw magic. Instead they make use of a fabric of magic, a kind of interface between the will of the spellcaster and the stuff of raw magic. The spellcasters of the Forgotten Realms call it the Weave and recognize its essence as the Goddess Mystra, [I][B]but casters have varied ways of naming and visualizing this interface." [/B][/I] Varied ways of naming and visualising this interface. That sentence means that those other casters are still accessing the weave. The only thing that is unique to FR is calling by that specific name and believing that it is Mystra manifesting in the world as magic. But regardless of naming conventions, it's the same thing. Magic exists in the world, is external to the self but part of the world, and can be manipulated through formula. Your demon example is just adding an intermediary between magic and an individual with no ability to interface with magic themself, it doesn't change the fact that the magic is there, in the world, being interfaced with by a conscious being. It's no different than hiring a wizard to cast spells for you. [/QUOTE]

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