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<blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 1692645" data-attributes="member: 16739">In my game spells exist as discrete chunks of magical power.&nbsp; Sort of &quot;knots&quot; in the pervasive energy field of the world.&nbsp; These knots can be untied through the intervention of a conscious mind with the right training or an innate gift, releasing the power.&nbsp; &nbsp;Wizards can find and bind these knots only with careful attention and study.&nbsp; However, their scholarly study of the subject allows them to share detection techniques through magical writing.&nbsp; They use their spell books as a meditation tool to put their mind in the correct state to detect the knots and bind them to their own aura.&nbsp; Once the knots are bound, they travel with the wizard and can be released (cast) at will.&nbsp;Sorcerers have the innate gift (through their ancestry or whatever) to find and open these &quot;knots&quot; on the fly.&nbsp; They can only find certain flavors of knot and have limited techniques for learning to find others.&nbsp; They are unable to share this knowledge with each other because every sorcerer's knack is different.&nbsp;In either case the &quot;untying&quot; requires certain actions based on the type of &quot;knot&quot; (so a wizard or sorcerer casts the same spell in the same way).&nbsp; The act of channeling magic is draining and only training and experience allows an arcane caster to increase the power he can channel.&nbsp;Finding the technique for detecting new kinds of spells is mostly a trial and error process.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimAde, post: 1692645, member: 16739"] In my game spells exist as discrete chunks of magical power. Sort of "knots" in the pervasive energy field of the world. These knots can be untied through the intervention of a conscious mind with the right training or an innate gift, releasing the power. Wizards can find and bind these knots only with careful attention and study. However, their scholarly study of the subject allows them to share detection techniques through magical writing. They use their spell books as a meditation tool to put their mind in the correct state to detect the knots and bind them to their own aura. Once the knots are bound, they travel with the wizard and can be released (cast) at will. Sorcerers have the innate gift (through their ancestry or whatever) to find and open these "knots" on the fly. They can only find certain flavors of knot and have limited techniques for learning to find others. They are unable to share this knowledge with each other because every sorcerer's knack is different. In either case the "untying" requires certain actions based on the type of "knot" (so a wizard or sorcerer casts the same spell in the same way). The act of channeling magic is draining and only training and experience allows an arcane caster to increase the power he can channel. Finding the technique for detecting new kinds of spells is mostly a trial and error process. [/QUOTE]

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