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<blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 5728313" data-attributes="member: 6182">Arcane is the magic of secret knowledge, hence the name. Arcane is knowing that if you wiggle your thumb clockwise while thinking of exactly four daisies, a pumpkin will explode on the opposite side of the world. It's about knowing about oddities in creation that can be exploited for weird effects. It's a little bit of physics and a little bit of law, and all about finding the loopholes in reality.You could certainly argue that arcane is, itself, a method of accessing other power sources, and not a power source - warlocks indicate this very strongly. However, you could also argue that it taps a more general magic, which other power sources drastically alter.If someone held me at gunpoint and demanded that I indicate the power source for Arcane magic, I'd say it was the magic of the Ethereal. I am not familiar with anything about Arcane described in 4th Edition that would not work with that.--As an aside, I don't think that it is appropriate to consider magic to be strictly from one plane or another. All planes have plenty of room for Shadows, Chaos, Secrets, Divinity, Spirits, Minds, etc. Some places just have more affinity for one or the other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Incenjucar, post: 5728313, member: 6182"] Arcane is the magic of secret knowledge, hence the name. Arcane is knowing that if you wiggle your thumb clockwise while thinking of exactly four daisies, a pumpkin will explode on the opposite side of the world. It's about knowing about oddities in creation that can be exploited for weird effects. It's a little bit of physics and a little bit of law, and all about finding the loopholes in reality. You could certainly argue that arcane is, itself, a method of accessing other power sources, and not a power source - warlocks indicate this very strongly. However, you could also argue that it taps a more general magic, which other power sources drastically alter. If someone held me at gunpoint and demanded that I indicate the power source for Arcane magic, I'd say it was the magic of the [B]Ethereal[/B]. I am not familiar with anything about Arcane described in 4th Edition that would not work with that. -- As an aside, I don't think that it is appropriate to consider magic to be strictly from one plane or another. All planes have plenty of room for Shadows, Chaos, Secrets, Divinity, Spirits, Minds, etc. Some places just have more affinity for one or the other. [/QUOTE]

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