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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7881594" data-attributes="member: 19675">Amusia is as natural as color blindness, but I brought it up in particular because it’s a clear limitation on musical skill.But it’s not just about limitations- some are simply gifted with more ability to do X, Y, or Z than others.  Every skill has it’s limiting factors, and each human has them in different amounts.At my peak of physical fitness, I could touch the iron rim on a standard basketball goal, but I couldn’t dunk.  I was 5’7”, and needed another few inches of vertical.  Yes, Spud Webb was my height and could dunk, but he was @135lbs.  I was 193lbs, and my 0% body fat weight was 170lbs.   No amount of practice was going to give me that.Brian Carroll, aka Buckethead, is a 6’8” guitarist.  Not only is he one of the fastest guitarists in the world, his hands are so big he can play chords most humans cannot reach.Hand span also affects piano players- some pieces can be played by some pianists using a standard sized keyboard,Many marksmen have better than 20/20 uncorrected vision.Contortionists are more flexible than average Joes & Janes.  Practice can improve your flexibility, but without the proper musculoskeletal structure, that’s a skill you can never have.Daniel Tammet learned Icelandic- one of humanity’s most difficult languages- in a week.  Most people take years to learn an additional language.  While continuing to study languages may accelerate your learning speed, I highly doubt it will increase by an order of magnitude.Etc.I mean, if that’s the way you want to structure your magic system, that’s great.  But it isn’t how skills work in general.</blockquote>

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