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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5370174" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>You did just answered yourself, didn't you?</p><p></p><p>Magic words are what you use to directly manipulate arcane magic to effect reality.</p><p></p><p>They are the words (and/or gestures, components, rituals and basic magic-working practices) that wizards spend years and years to learn and master.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry if I'm being dense, but I've been following this thread and I <em>truly </em>don't get what you are not getting. You want someone to give you an exact definition for the undefinable? You want a real answer for something, <strong><em>in a fantasy game</em></strong>, that is "unreal"?</p><p></p><p>There simply ARE no answers better than the metaphors and "fantastic" definitions people have already offered you. Pick one you like and roll with it. Ideally in a fantasy world, you should make up your OWN definition for whatever works for you.</p><p></p><p>What are the words? Some call the "magical alphabet" (in a D&D setting) "Arcanic" or "Arcana" or just the "language of magic." It is whatever you decide they are. What are the words in the Orcish tongue in the Forgotten Realms? What's the language of gold dragons in Eberron? </p><p></p><p>Unless you want to sit down and write out your OWN magical alphabet, a magical syntax and grammatical spell structures to form an entire language (like Quenya or Klingon) and <em>then</em> combinations for each spell effect I don't understand how you expect ANYone to be able to tell you "what the magic words are."</p><p></p><p>Good luck and happy gaming (and spellcasting).</p><p>--Steel Dragons</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5370174, member: 92511"] You did just answered yourself, didn't you? Magic words are what you use to directly manipulate arcane magic to effect reality. They are the words (and/or gestures, components, rituals and basic magic-working practices) that wizards spend years and years to learn and master. I'm sorry if I'm being dense, but I've been following this thread and I [I]truly [/I]don't get what you are not getting. You want someone to give you an exact definition for the undefinable? You want a real answer for something, [B][I]in a fantasy game[/I][/B], that is "unreal"? There simply ARE no answers better than the metaphors and "fantastic" definitions people have already offered you. Pick one you like and roll with it. Ideally in a fantasy world, you should make up your OWN definition for whatever works for you. What are the words? Some call the "magical alphabet" (in a D&D setting) "Arcanic" or "Arcana" or just the "language of magic." It is whatever you decide they are. What are the words in the Orcish tongue in the Forgotten Realms? What's the language of gold dragons in Eberron? Unless you want to sit down and write out your OWN magical alphabet, a magical syntax and grammatical spell structures to form an entire language (like Quenya or Klingon) and [I]then[/I] combinations for each spell effect I don't understand how you expect ANYone to be able to tell you "what the magic words are." Good luck and happy gaming (and spellcasting). --Steel Dragons [/QUOTE]
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