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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7880548" data-attributes="member: 53980">On the other hand, I have a friend who is color blind. He draws his own (small) webcomic. It was initially black and white, because he really dislikes working with color on account of his color blindness, but eventually he noticed that the more popular comics were generally in color and decided to make the switch. It was a non-trivial amount of effort on his part, but he figured it out and made it work. He's a color blind artist who works in color.That's not to say that your dad could learn to sing with practice. Until I read your post I was entirely unfamiliar with the concept of amusia, so I honestly know nothing more about it than what you've related to us.However, you've stated it is a condition. In other words, not the norm. A person who cannot sing may have amusia, but not everyone who cannot sing is so on account of amusia. The latter group could arguably learn to sing (at least competently) with sufficient practice, despite lacking a talent for it.Unless Asophia (shot in the dark for what you might call a learning disability relating to the magic in this system, based on calling casters the Wise) is common, the skill based magic system is one that is open to basically all (except those with a rare condition that hinders them from learning to utilize magic).The scenario in Shadowrun is quite different. Magic comes into the world rather suddenly. It's been a few years since I've looked at my books, but iirc the first major indicator that magic  had returned was people/animals getting sick and transforming into mythical creatures. That's nothing like the OP's more subtle introduction of magic, where only a small fraction of the population is aware of it at first. On top of that, in Shadowrun tech and magic don't generally mix. If you install cyberware into your body, you are less able to use magic as a result. In the OP's world, magic and tech are compatible and complimentary.</blockquote>

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