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<blockquote data-quote="Ath'kethin" data-source="post: 8233896" data-attributes="member: 6798775">I think that, as mentioned above, Sword &amp; Sorcery is mostly a matter of the protagonists having limited to no ability with magic, and magic being a dangerous and terrifying thing. Maybe dangerous just because the baddies have it and the heroes don't, though there are certainly tales of magic physically and mentally corrupting its users.Villains in Sword &amp; Sorcery stories can have magic and even powerful magic; there's a Conan story that describes a magical effect that reads like a reskinned fireball, even. Instead of a concussive blast, the flame leaps rapidly from one target to then next, but mechanically I'd call it a fireball. The heroes of S&amp;S tales have only bits of magic and none of it is deadly; the Grey Mouser refers to magic pretty frequently but almost never actually uses any, and I don't recall any friendly magic users in a Conan story aside from the 80s films.So I agree that Sword &amp; Sorcery and Low Magic are not necessarily the same thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ath'kethin, post: 8233896, member: 6798775"] I think that, as mentioned above, Sword & Sorcery is mostly a matter of the [I]protagonists[/I] having limited to no ability with magic, and magic being a dangerous and terrifying thing. Maybe dangerous just because the baddies have it and the heroes don't, though there are certainly tales of magic physically and mentally corrupting its users. Villains in Sword & Sorcery stories can have magic and even powerful magic; there's a Conan story that describes a magical effect that reads like a reskinned [I]fireball[/I], even. Instead of a concussive blast, the flame leaps rapidly from one target to then next, but mechanically I'd call it a [I]fireball[/I]. The heroes of S&S tales have only bits of magic and none of it is deadly; the Grey Mouser refers to magic pretty frequently but almost never actually uses any, and I don't recall any friendly magic users in a Conan story aside from the 80s films. So I agree that Sword & Sorcery and Low Magic are not necessarily the same thing. [/QUOTE]

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