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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 3152428" data-attributes="member: 172">In my homebrew, I have created some fundamental explanations for some of the behaviors of arcane magic, such as why wizard and sorcerer spellcasting is different. The presence of these rules are extrapolated upon to form the basis for new house rules and plotlines.IMC, the fundamental fuel or medium of magic is called the flow. The flow is essentially passive, ambient magical energy that flows invisibly over the landcape. This ambient magic exists everywhere, and normally cannot do anything. When arcane spellcasters rest and recover spell slots for the day, they are actually drinking in this ambient energy. Usually, this ambient energy needs to be collected and shaped to have any effect.Wizards shape the ambient energy they draw in into calculate patterns to produce the results they need. Sorcerers, on the other hand, can pattern flow energy instinctively by reflexes that are only trained with difficulty; they can quickly pattern spell enery as they release it, though. This explains why wizards have to prepare spells while sorcerers have a limited number of spells but can cast them spontaneously.As one example of a house rule extrapolation of this, there are ley lines, areas of rapid flow. Along ley lines, the area is more saturated with the ambient magical energy, enough so that the energy, despite being unshaped, is slowly release as a weak glow visible at night. However, if active magic passes through the area, it is often enough to super-saturate the area with magic and cause random effects. Tis means that in my world ley lines are my equivalent of "chaos magic" zones.A recent example of applying my theory of magic is the much talked about reserve feats. Reserve feats make sense to me by the flow theory. Basically, with a reserve feat, the mage is tapping directly into the arcane energy flow. Again, the flow energy cannot do anything unless shaped. So, the mage uses the pattern of an already shaped spell (or reflex) to shape the existing magic energy.</blockquote>

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