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What does "magic" mean? [Read carefully, you can't change your vote]
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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8470566" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>This has come up plenty in various threads and forums I've participated in. Obviously not scientific, but it's the best we can do. Keep in mind, unlike most polls on this forum, <strong>you CANNOT change your vote after voting</strong>, nor can you view the results until you have voted.</p><p></p><p>By "spells/etc." I am referring to all of: actual spellcasting, magic items that cast spells (such as scrolls or wands), and magic items created through the use of spells (e.g. 3.5e/PF's crafting system, where explicit spellcasting is needed in order to craft most "magic" items). I am NOT referring to similar but distinct systems (such as psionics, Truenaming, spiritualism, etc.) that are not formally <em>spells</em> or the aforementioned items that produce or are produced by spellcasting.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Since more than one person has asked, if your answer would depend on whether the question is asked with regard to some specific system, or asked generically, please choose whichever of those two answers is most natural for you. If your first thought on reading this post was, "It depends on the edition/game in question," then you should probably answer based on rules of some kind (or use option 6). If your instinctive response was to consider the thematics and concept of magic generally without reference to rules, then let that guide your answer. And if you really, truly cannot settle on one or the other, again, that's what option 6 is for--your answer cannot be confined by the given limits because the question isn't sufficiently defined for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8470566, member: 6790260"] This has come up plenty in various threads and forums I've participated in. Obviously not scientific, but it's the best we can do. Keep in mind, unlike most polls on this forum, [B]you CANNOT change your vote after voting[/B], nor can you view the results until you have voted. By "spells/etc." I am referring to all of: actual spellcasting, magic items that cast spells (such as scrolls or wands), and magic items created through the use of spells (e.g. 3.5e/PF's crafting system, where explicit spellcasting is needed in order to craft most "magic" items). I am NOT referring to similar but distinct systems (such as psionics, Truenaming, spiritualism, etc.) that are not formally [I]spells[/I] or the aforementioned items that produce or are produced by spellcasting. Edit: Since more than one person has asked, if your answer would depend on whether the question is asked with regard to some specific system, or asked generically, please choose whichever of those two answers is most natural for you. If your first thought on reading this post was, "It depends on the edition/game in question," then you should probably answer based on rules of some kind (or use option 6). If your instinctive response was to consider the thematics and concept of magic generally without reference to rules, then let that guide your answer. And if you really, truly cannot settle on one or the other, again, that's what option 6 is for--your answer cannot be confined by the given limits because the question isn't sufficiently defined for you. [/QUOTE]
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