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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7984800" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Yeah, descriptions do so much for making magic feel special, I recently read a story where a character was casting a spell, and magic burned in them like silver flame, to the point where the person walking saw them as bone and fire, barely contained by flesh. Epic stuff. </p><p></p><p>But, I also tend to agree with Tonguez as well, you can't do that every time, sometimes you are looking for speed over theatrics. </p><p></p><p></p><p>And, I want to disagree with Mr. Greenwood on a point here. Hiding magic doesn't make a lot of sense in every case. For Clerics and Druids, magic comes from their faith and connection. They want more people to see it and want to follow the same beliefs to gain the same power. Bards are about spreading knowledge not hoarding it. And wizards, well, if it took you a month of study to figure out a spell from texts and formulas, do you really expect someone is going to figure it out from watching you cast it from 60 ft away? It doesn't follow for me. </p><p></p><p>I don't see wizard's hiding out of fear someone might see them do magic, they went to study magic, and they are going to use it in the open.</p><p></p><p>I also do not believe that learning more about something neccesarily makes you less in awe of it. Learning more about biology has never made animals less fascinating or awe inspiring. Learning about engineering doesn't make the construnction of projects like the Hoover Dam less fascinating. If anything, knowing more tends to make them more interesting and fascinating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7984800, member: 6801228"] Yeah, descriptions do so much for making magic feel special, I recently read a story where a character was casting a spell, and magic burned in them like silver flame, to the point where the person walking saw them as bone and fire, barely contained by flesh. Epic stuff. But, I also tend to agree with Tonguez as well, you can't do that every time, sometimes you are looking for speed over theatrics. And, I want to disagree with Mr. Greenwood on a point here. Hiding magic doesn't make a lot of sense in every case. For Clerics and Druids, magic comes from their faith and connection. They want more people to see it and want to follow the same beliefs to gain the same power. Bards are about spreading knowledge not hoarding it. And wizards, well, if it took you a month of study to figure out a spell from texts and formulas, do you really expect someone is going to figure it out from watching you cast it from 60 ft away? It doesn't follow for me. I don't see wizard's hiding out of fear someone might see them do magic, they went to study magic, and they are going to use it in the open. I also do not believe that learning more about something neccesarily makes you less in awe of it. Learning more about biology has never made animals less fascinating or awe inspiring. Learning about engineering doesn't make the construnction of projects like the Hoover Dam less fascinating. If anything, knowing more tends to make them more interesting and fascinating. [/QUOTE]
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