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<blockquote data-quote="Gentlegamer" data-source="post: 5758912" data-attributes="member: 2425">re: D&amp;D magicThe component that only wizards can do is the &quot;memorization.&quot; Over the editions I think that term has become a bit fuzzy and had different meanings, but it originally specifically meant the the storing of mnemonic energy in the mind that is released by certain triggers. When a wizard &quot;memorizes&quot; a spell, he is imprinting his mind with a type of energy pattern. In OD&amp;D, the spellcasting was wholly mnemonic, with verbal triggers releasing the spell. AD&amp;D's spellcasting mixed mnemonic with sympathetic magic (inspired from the &quot;Harold Shea&quot; stories, &quot;The Roaring Trumpet, Mathematics of Magic,&quot; et al) to include material and somatic (gestural) components.All this adds up to a level of skill and training required for spellcasting that cannot just be mimicked by an onlooker, particularly the mnemonic part.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gentlegamer, post: 5758912, member: 2425"] re: D&D magic The component that only wizards can do is the "memorization." Over the editions I think that term has become a bit fuzzy and had different meanings, but it originally specifically meant the the storing of mnemonic energy in the mind that is released by certain triggers. When a wizard "memorizes" a spell, he is imprinting his mind with a type of energy pattern. In OD&D, the spellcasting was wholly mnemonic, with verbal triggers releasing the spell. AD&D's spellcasting mixed mnemonic with sympathetic magic (inspired from the "Harold Shea" stories, "The Roaring Trumpet, Mathematics of Magic," et al) to include material and somatic (gestural) components. All this adds up to a level of skill and training required for spellcasting that cannot just be mimicked by an onlooker, particularly the mnemonic part. [/QUOTE]

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