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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 8909743" data-attributes="member: 6685730">As I was escaping an ancient shrine set deep in a crevice the other day, I found a small tunnel that lead upward and promised to let me avoid backtracking through the entire cavern to exit.&nbsp; The tunnel was roughly carved, as though someone had cut the bare minimum amount of rock to create a hidden exit.&nbsp; After a short climb, I came to a lever set in the floor, a seeming dead-end.&nbsp; I pulled the lever, and somehow, a wall slid out of the way, further into the uncut rock, revealing a passageway to safety.I had only one explanation for the mysteriously impossible masonry: magic.It occurs to me that these sorts of things happen frequently in medieval fantasy: scenes that present themselves as perfectly normal, but would in reality be possible only with magic.What odd events (tropes?) have you seen that some people take as &quot;medieval&quot; when it's better considered &quot;magic?&quot;&nbsp;Here's another one: A swordswoman cuts an arrow out of the air before it delivers her a fatal blow.&nbsp; Twice in a row.&nbsp; Is it magic?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 8909743, member: 6685730"] As I was escaping an ancient shrine set deep in a crevice the other day, I found a small tunnel that lead upward and promised to let me avoid backtracking through the entire cavern to exit. The tunnel was roughly carved, as though someone had cut the bare minimum amount of rock to create a hidden exit. After a short climb, I came to a lever set in the floor, a seeming dead-end. I pulled the lever, and somehow, a wall slid out of the way, further into the uncut rock, revealing a passageway to safety. I had only one explanation for the mysteriously impossible masonry: magic. It occurs to me that these sorts of things happen frequently in medieval fantasy: scenes that present themselves as perfectly normal, but would in reality be possible only with magic. What odd events (tropes?) have you seen that some people take as "medieval" when it's better considered "magic?" Here's another one: A swordswoman cuts an arrow out of the air before it delivers her a fatal blow. Twice in a row. Is it magic? [/QUOTE]

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