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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 7737386" data-attributes="member: 40176"><p>There are a lot of examples of Elven 'magic' in the books that the elves themselves don't consider particularly magical, but which clearly is from the viewpoint of everyone else. Elrond summoning the waters of the Bruinen to sweep away the ringwraiths, then using his powers to draw the shard of the morgul blade from Frodo's wound. Galadriel using her Mirror to peer into the past and future. Legolas running lightly across snow that even the tiny hobbits sink into neck-deep.</p><p></p><p>Then there are things like Aragorn using Athelas herbs to cure people cursed by Ringwraiths. He'd consider it a skill taught to him and a virtue of the herb itself, but it's at least strongly implied that it would have been nowhere near as effective in anyone else's hands.</p><p></p><p>And when Frodo cries "O Elbereth! Glithoniel!" to drive back a Ringwraith or Shelob, is he merely invoking a name that causes them fear, or is he empowering those words with his own faith in combination with the One Ring and/or the Vial of Galadriel as his holy symbol to Turn the evil forces back?</p><p></p><p>Basically, there's loads of magic going on in the books, much of which the D&D rules clearly draw inspiration from, but which isn't explicitly called out as "spellcasting".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 7737386, member: 40176"] There are a lot of examples of Elven 'magic' in the books that the elves themselves don't consider particularly magical, but which clearly is from the viewpoint of everyone else. Elrond summoning the waters of the Bruinen to sweep away the ringwraiths, then using his powers to draw the shard of the morgul blade from Frodo's wound. Galadriel using her Mirror to peer into the past and future. Legolas running lightly across snow that even the tiny hobbits sink into neck-deep. Then there are things like Aragorn using Athelas herbs to cure people cursed by Ringwraiths. He'd consider it a skill taught to him and a virtue of the herb itself, but it's at least strongly implied that it would have been nowhere near as effective in anyone else's hands. And when Frodo cries "O Elbereth! Glithoniel!" to drive back a Ringwraith or Shelob, is he merely invoking a name that causes them fear, or is he empowering those words with his own faith in combination with the One Ring and/or the Vial of Galadriel as his holy symbol to Turn the evil forces back? Basically, there's loads of magic going on in the books, much of which the D&D rules clearly draw inspiration from, but which isn't explicitly called out as "spellcasting". [/QUOTE]
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