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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5367523" data-attributes="member: 92511">Here's some snippets from how I define it on my world of Orea.I'll be updating the thread, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/plots-places/284160-orea-world-its-people.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/plots-places/284160-orea-world-its-people.html</a> with more specifics on the magic of that world later today if anyone wants to check it.But specifically for "Arcane" magic here's what I have:"Magic on the world of Orea is a form of all pervading energy that is  able to be harnessed and controlled to various effect in any number of  ways. The sources of magic on Orea are classified by the sages of Flin  into: Arcane -the magic of wizards gained through study, practice and research, Divine -the magic of priests and paladins gained through meditation, prayer and the divine favor of their respective deity, and Natural  (also called "Primal") -the magic of the druids and other classes and  creatures (like shamans, the Sorarynae, and the natural abilities of the  zepharim) gained through ancient teaching/practices, innate ability  and/or communion with the ambient energies of the cosmos."and..."[SIZE=+1]Arcane Magic[/SIZE], also call Arcanum, is the  magic of study. The magic of wizards and sorcerers. The energy of Arcane  magic flows through the whole of the realm, like air. It is  self-perpetuating and replenishing, the energy is "built in" to the  world of Orea itself. These energies are capable of being harnessed  through spells and rituals."To illustrate the distinction, this excerpt from the section on Natural Magic."[SIZE=+1]Natural (or Cosmic or Universal or Primal) Magic[/SIZE]  is the primordial power of the world of Orea itself. The residual  energies of the entities Ahl and Zho (who created the world and heavens  and then departed them and their creations (dragons and titans). If  arcane magic is an energy that flows throughout Orea like air, and  divine magic is bits of essence of the gods, then Natural or Cosmic  magic is more like a radiation that emanates from, with and through  everything, everyone, everywhere.  "--Steel Dragons</blockquote>

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