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<blockquote data-quote="UngainlyTitan" data-source="post: 8553757" data-attributes="member: 28487">The real answer to this question is &quot;What ever you want&quot;. You can make any set of premises about the nature of magic and its availability and extrapolate to any end point you want.Want a magitech like Shadowrun or any steampunk variation then posit magic as a fundamental force of nature like gravity or the electromagnetism. Then magic is learnable, the principles of it are deducible and away you go.Want magic for outsiders only, then posit a Law vs Chaos metaphysical conflict and off you go.Want every aspect of nature to have consciousness and see where that get you.If the moon in orbit by the warping of spacetime or the will of the Moon Goddess?Even if you posit Magic as a material force like gravity, you can still have it rare in a pre-industrial setting because no one has invented a materialist philosophy.&nbsp; It really depends on what your premises are and were you want to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UngainlyTitan, post: 8553757, member: 28487"] The real answer to this question is "What ever you want". You can make any set of premises about the nature of magic and its availability and extrapolate to any end point you want. Want a magitech like Shadowrun or any steampunk variation then posit magic as a fundamental force of nature like gravity or the electromagnetism. Then magic is learnable, the principles of it are deducible and away you go. Want magic for outsiders only, then posit a Law vs Chaos metaphysical conflict and off you go. Want every aspect of nature to have consciousness and see where that get you. If the moon in orbit by the warping of spacetime or the will of the Moon Goddess? Even if you posit Magic as a material force like gravity, you can still have it rare in a pre-industrial setting because no one has invented a materialist philosophy. It really depends on what your premises are and were you want to go. [/QUOTE]

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