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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dren" data-source="post: 422229" data-attributes="member: 5176">My theories on the source of magicIn my campaign, magic is an energy, not a quasi-mystical "energy force that surrounds all things," but a definable and measurable substance. In the prime world, magic is like water in the desert, rare and very precious, however in the astral plane the energy flows the same as an ocean. Priests are given access to the energy by the gods, their holy symbols act as the conduit.Wizards use the language of the gods, the arcane script that they believe was used to form the world.  Through it they can literally warp reality, and usurp the power of the makers. Priests believe that mages steal this energy from the gods, thus they & mages rarely get along.Psionicists create the energy within themselves, through a process of self perfection and meditation. Theirs is limited by their own physical standards, but are rarely affected by the outside world, thus they operate in wild / dead magic areas. They are rarely respected by the oher "spell casters" but theirs is more utilitarian and often they will dual class with non-casting classes. (Rogue-psion, warrior-psion, etc)Sorcerors should not exist by every current theory of magic. Wizards fear them, psions are jealous of them, and clerics believe each one is blessed by the gods. In truth, sorcerors are living conduits, a living nexus of energy...but just like every other nexus, it can conduct only one type of this energy. Thus my sorcerors have the same number of standard spells as in the PH, but similiar to a psion, they can only cast it from one magical school. They are powerful one trick ponies!All other types of spell and spellcasters are a variation on one of these.dren</blockquote>

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