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<blockquote data-quote="alsih2o" data-source="post: 1632520" data-attributes="member: 4790"><p>Where does magic come from in your world? Have you provided an explanation for it?</p><p></p><p> I would like to share the explanation of magic in my world, and see what you guys and gals have come up with.</p><p></p><p> In my campaign the world was created by Simus the uncaring. He wished to write a story so he reached into empty space and grabbed a clay tablet. Needing a language he commisioned the Ghost Dragon, a lonely mystic creature, to create one for him. The dragon spent many centuries creating a language for Simus to record hi history on the clay tablet with (this clay tablet is the world).</p><p></p><p> When the Ghost dragon returned from it's task it found that the eggs it had been sitting on previously had petrified. The GD shed many tears over its young and Fespa and Kalin, the artist and the academic, who were sisters and the first daughters of Simus, saw it's grief and gave the eggs life as the major races of the planet.</p><p></p><p> One race was superior,a nd spoke the language of the gods (magic). This race grew haughty, and some of them grew powerful indeed. Every word they spoke was magic, and their written language was magic. Their pretense grew until one of them challenged Simus himself. Using all of his magics he snuck into the viewing room of Simus, where he sat recording the deeds of all the races.</p><p></p><p> He snuck up on Simus and attempted to end his life with a dagger forged of pure magic. Simus caught him and snatched him form the ground by his neck. The vain mage, in an attempt to free himself spoke all of the magic he could to no affect. Simus decided he had ebough of these haighty humans and spoke to his two dogs- Aphus and Magus, and said to them "Kill everyhting that speaks this language."</p><p></p><p> The dogs made short work of the mortals, even with their magic protections.</p><p></p><p> Centuries later, as men settled and formed cities some of the old writing was foudn and deciphered. Each word that was deciphered was a verbal component. Each gesture of their dances was a somatic component. The words left a taste in the mouth that hinted at material components.</p><p></p><p> Anyone else?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alsih2o, post: 1632520, member: 4790"] Where does magic come from in your world? Have you provided an explanation for it? I would like to share the explanation of magic in my world, and see what you guys and gals have come up with. In my campaign the world was created by Simus the uncaring. He wished to write a story so he reached into empty space and grabbed a clay tablet. Needing a language he commisioned the Ghost Dragon, a lonely mystic creature, to create one for him. The dragon spent many centuries creating a language for Simus to record hi history on the clay tablet with (this clay tablet is the world). When the Ghost dragon returned from it's task it found that the eggs it had been sitting on previously had petrified. The GD shed many tears over its young and Fespa and Kalin, the artist and the academic, who were sisters and the first daughters of Simus, saw it's grief and gave the eggs life as the major races of the planet. One race was superior,a nd spoke the language of the gods (magic). This race grew haughty, and some of them grew powerful indeed. Every word they spoke was magic, and their written language was magic. Their pretense grew until one of them challenged Simus himself. Using all of his magics he snuck into the viewing room of Simus, where he sat recording the deeds of all the races. He snuck up on Simus and attempted to end his life with a dagger forged of pure magic. Simus caught him and snatched him form the ground by his neck. The vain mage, in an attempt to free himself spoke all of the magic he could to no affect. Simus decided he had ebough of these haighty humans and spoke to his two dogs- Aphus and Magus, and said to them "Kill everyhting that speaks this language." The dogs made short work of the mortals, even with their magic protections. Centuries later, as men settled and formed cities some of the old writing was foudn and deciphered. Each word that was deciphered was a verbal component. Each gesture of their dances was a somatic component. The words left a taste in the mouth that hinted at material components. Anyone else? [/QUOTE]
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