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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9775160" data-attributes="member: 9254">Ooh, I love role-playing characters.&quot;Hey elf, when can you cast spells again?&quot;&quot;Tomorrow after I have got a full night of reverie.&quot;&quot;Who told you that? You come with some kind of manual?&nbsp; Just go cast magic!&quot;&quot;A grandparent was a spellcaster who needed a full rest.&nbsp; A parent as well. I found over the centuries that I too am utterly incapable of incantations once I hit my limit.&quot;&quot;But you put a spell around our tent.&quot;&quot;Correct, that is a ritual, not an incantation. Those take longer and are not taxing.&quot;&quot;I still don't understand.&quot;&quot;Have you never trained for so long, or worked so hard, that your limbs were not merely tired but refusing to function?&quot;&quot;Yeah. When I was a kid we hat to build a levee to protect ourselves from a flooding river.&nbsp; We all worked until we couldn't move.&nbsp; Couple of peopled drowned when they fell down in the mud and couldnt even roll over.&quot;&quot;That is called a refractory period.&nbsp; The body has exhausted its resources and is incapable of function.&nbsp; I have that for magic.&quot;&quot;How do you how many spells you can cast? Do you get tired?&quot;&quot;Not as such but there is a sense of it.&nbsp; Plus I can log what I cast. Most spellcasters can cast less than a dozen incantations, so its fairly simple. There is a clear progression based on how long it takes to prepare and learn spells.&nbsp; Having three hundred years of personal experience combined with greater than a millenia of combined experience from my forebears and it becomes a trivial exercise.&quot;&quot;So no manual?&quot;&quot;Don't be daft, there are hundreds of manuals on magic.&nbsp; Every mage who lives to get gray hair writes a book. Its what we do.&nbsp; I've written twelve.&nbsp; And dont act like I haven't seen you reading that 'Transform yourself like Mordenkainen' booklet.&nbsp; You have guides available to discuss 'leg day' vs 'rest day' and 'lifting', or the guides on how to wield that two handed sword against a person with a shield compared a person with another sword.&nbsp; Go visit a library.&quot;&quot;What, now?&quot;&quot;Why not? You've got around 17 hours until you need to be head down if we want to be at it again at dawn.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9775160, member: 9254"] Ooh, I love role-playing characters. "Hey elf, when can you cast spells again?" "Tomorrow after I have got a full night of reverie." "Who told you that? You come with some kind of manual? Just go cast magic!" "A grandparent was a spellcaster who needed a full rest. A parent as well. I found over the centuries that I too am utterly incapable of incantations once I hit my limit." "But you put a spell around our tent." "Correct, that is a ritual, not an incantation. Those take longer and are not taxing." "I still don't understand." "Have you never trained for so long, or worked so hard, that your limbs were not merely tired but refusing to function?" "Yeah. When I was a kid we hat to build a levee to protect ourselves from a flooding river. We all worked until we couldn't move. Couple of peopled drowned when they fell down in the mud and couldnt even roll over." "That is called a refractory period. The body has exhausted its resources and is incapable of function. I have that for magic." "How do you how many spells you can cast? Do you get tired?" "Not as such but there is a sense of it. Plus I can log what I cast. Most spellcasters can cast less than a dozen incantations, so its fairly simple. There is a clear progression based on how long it takes to prepare and learn spells. Having three hundred years of personal experience combined with greater than a millenia of combined experience from my forebears and it becomes a trivial exercise." "So no manual?" "Don't be daft, there are hundreds of manuals on magic. Every mage who lives to get gray hair writes a book. Its what we do. I've written twelve. And dont act like I haven't seen you reading that 'Transform yourself like Mordenkainen' booklet. You have guides available to discuss 'leg day' vs 'rest day' and 'lifting', or the guides on how to wield that two handed sword against a person with a shield compared a person with another sword. Go visit a library." "What, now?" "Why not? You've got around 17 hours until you need to be head down if we want to be at it again at dawn." [/QUOTE]

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