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<blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 5847327" data-attributes="member: 1879">I have to disagree with you I'm afraid. Let's look at that list:Excalibur: Ok, here you have a point. But it was hardly the only magic item floating around in Arthurian legend. It wasn't even the only item Arthur himself used.Stormbringer: Without question Stormbringer was an aritfact level sword. However Elric is not the offspring of a magic-poor world. It was a world where magic was fading a bit but the remnants of a magic-rich age were everywhere. Magic mirrors, the ship that sailed on land and sea, etc.Mjolnir: The Norse gods thought magic was for sissies by and large (Although Odin was a notable sorcerer) but the myths involve plenty of enchanted items. Including the goats that pulled Thors chariot.Anduril: You know, middle-earth often gets held up as a low magic world, but I have no idea why. Magic items are everywhere. Bilbo gave them out by the wagon-load at his birthday party. The swords from the barrow-mound were obviously enchanted, but were not special at the time and place they were made. Sting was just an elven dagger. Everything the elves made was magic including the rope. Faramir handed out enchanted walking staves on a whim. Middle-earth does not generally go in for flashy magic, but it is everywhere. And there is actually more flashiness then is generally recognized, it's just that Americans expect overblown hyperbole in the depiction, and Tolkein was an understated English gentlemen with no great interest in describing magical flashes and bangs, he had seen enough of that in WW I.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andor, post: 5847327, member: 1879"] I have to disagree with you I'm afraid. Let's look at that list: Excalibur: Ok, here you have a point. But it was hardly the only magic item floating around in Arthurian legend. It wasn't even the only item Arthur himself used. Stormbringer: Without question Stormbringer was an aritfact level sword. However Elric is not the offspring of a magic-poor world. It was a world where magic was fading a bit but the remnants of a magic-rich age were everywhere. Magic mirrors, the ship that sailed on land and sea, etc. Mjolnir: The Norse gods thought magic was for sissies by and large (Although Odin was a notable sorcerer) but the myths involve plenty of enchanted items. Including the goats that pulled Thors chariot. Anduril: You know, middle-earth often gets held up as a low magic world, but I have no idea why. Magic items are [i]everywhere[/i]. Bilbo gave them out by the wagon-load at his birthday party. The swords from the barrow-mound were obviously enchanted, but were not special at the time and place they were made. Sting was just an elven dagger. [i]Everything[/i] the elves made was magic including the rope. Faramir handed out enchanted walking staves on a whim. Middle-earth does not generally go in for flashy magic, but it is everywhere. And there is actually more flashiness then is generally recognized, it's just that Americans expect overblown hyperbole in the depiction, and Tolkein was an understated English gentlemen with no great interest in describing magical flashes and bangs, he had seen enough of that in WW I. [/QUOTE]

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