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<blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 8800349" data-attributes="member: 6921294"><p>Makes sense to me if you look at it from the standpoint that any named spell was researched and then created by a wizard it stands to reason its more academic then an innate spell. If a sorcerer saw a wizard cast it I think as a DM I'd give them a chance to learn it just based on them observing it. </p><p></p><p>To make an analogy, Steve Vai took guitar lessons from Joe Satriani, both learned technical guitar players. Eddie Van Halen was self-taught as far as I know, naturally musically inclined and built and modified his own guitars and equipment through trial and error. All three of them are considered virtuosos in some circles, they just learned their craft by different methods. There're people that can hear or see how a song is played and immediately pick up a guitar and play it in less than 5 minutes; that's how I see sorcerers. Others take years training their ear, learning, chords, scales and modes which gives them the fundamentals of music theory to figure out what they need. Thats how I imagine wizards learning spells. Sorry for the long-winded analogy I got carried away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R_J_K75, post: 8800349, member: 6921294"] Makes sense to me if you look at it from the standpoint that any named spell was researched and then created by a wizard it stands to reason its more academic then an innate spell. If a sorcerer saw a wizard cast it I think as a DM I'd give them a chance to learn it just based on them observing it. To make an analogy, Steve Vai took guitar lessons from Joe Satriani, both learned technical guitar players. Eddie Van Halen was self-taught as far as I know, naturally musically inclined and built and modified his own guitars and equipment through trial and error. All three of them are considered virtuosos in some circles, they just learned their craft by different methods. There're people that can hear or see how a song is played and immediately pick up a guitar and play it in less than 5 minutes; that's how I see sorcerers. Others take years training their ear, learning, chords, scales and modes which gives them the fundamentals of music theory to figure out what they need. Thats how I imagine wizards learning spells. Sorry for the long-winded analogy I got carried away. [/QUOTE]
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