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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1633428" data-attributes="member: 2067">The essence of magic is conflict, the greybeards say. Tension. Aggression. Opposites in harmony. Repelling, and attracting. Say I meet my most hated enemy, and cast Fireball at him. That's not just a ball of fire -- that's every ounce of hate I've felt balled up and thrust into the air, lit aflame, and layered over him.  The horrible thing is, I retain it...I still have the hate, and now it's given me power... Say my closest friend gets hurt, and I cast Cure Light Wounds o them. That's not just magical mending -- that's my love, affection, and protective force pulling the flesh and bone together. The wonderful thing is, I retain it -- I still have the love, and now it's given me power. This conflict, this tension, is what births magic. Love, hate, even the power of indifference (in Dispel Magic) can be harnessed and brought to bear. Knowing how to do that is a matter of training for the Wizard. They know scientific formulas of how to tease out the energies that everyone can feel, but only they can turn into a Lightning Bolt. But Wizards are military casters; they learn distructive spells, harnassing hate and anger and vengeance, and hate destroys those who use it -- wizards are frail beings. Sorcerers are always overemotional; it's their Charisma. A manifestation of their own personal hate can create that same ball of fire that a Wizard must train to eke out. But then, anyone can train to be a Socerer, too -- it's just a matter of loosing yourself in the emotion, but for a sorcerer, this is painful as well. Clerics and druids, shephers more of love or balance, certainly bear the weight of spells better, but also because they defer the spellcasting. A cleric feels love so strongly that their patron can't help but answer their prayer for healing, so they are tested less. They are stronger in themselves, because their deity is the wielder of their magic. Magic isn't something you just do. It's something you live. It's not a dry science. It's not age that causes the stooped posture, it's living your life every day as if turning your fury into fire were the most important thing in your life.</blockquote>

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