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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4340916" data-attributes="member: 19675">But non (or minimally)-magical alchemists might see a lot of bang for the buck ( <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) out of alchemical gunpowder.Actually, there are many fantasy stories and novels in which the ability to work magic is a matter of heredity.  Merely being smart or wise or charismatic (to use the D&D "caster" stats) would mean nothing if you didn't possess the necessary "spark."In such a world (again, in D&D terms) the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer would be the ease in which one accesses magic.  Both would have the innate talent for manipulating mana, but Wizards would need to study in order to unlock their abilities, while Sorcerers and their ilk merely let the magic flow.Divine magic would require both belief and your acceptance by the divine force in which you believe.As for Psionic powers...ever hear of mitichlorians?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />OK, not the best example...but the point remains- there is at least some fiction out there in which psionic ability is determined by one's heredity.Heck...it was kind of that way in 1Ed.</blockquote>

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