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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VoiceOfReason?" data-source="post: 1964049" data-attributes="member: 27145">IMC I use a blanket 'ley line' theory-when details of a campaign setting don't call for a different magic source obviously.Basically the ley lines are veins of primal power (in the form of light, life, the elements, force, and about a dozen other classifications) that flow through nearly all of the planes in a state of raw, unfocused, and relatively useless magical power.  The ley lines are invisable to all but the gods, and generally don't respond to anything that's in phase with the plane they're on.  Magic is made when 2 or more ley lines intersect at the same point in space or when they are cut.  Arcane magic cuts ley lines (which eventually heal, but if enough powerful arcane magic is used in a location, its ley lines will eventually dry up) through the use of words and motions of power that the ley lines do respond to, while divine magic is simply a prayer to the priest's source of power, who then intervenes on their behalf and moves ley lines through divine will to intersect in such a way as to produce the requested spell.I had a custom PrC called Ley Weaver with very limited spellcasting abilities but with the power to manipulate ley lines to counter or manipulate other spells, or to generate base magical effects (like spewing a gout of magical fire with a random area of effect at a variable distance, or generating a mass of Force to toss friends or foes)</blockquote>

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