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Why does magic work the way it works?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jupp" data-source="post: 2368134" data-attributes="member: 20804"><p>Thats very realistic IMO. I dont think the wizards in a fantasy world would sit together in a plenum and discuss about what spell should be researched next to keep everything orderly and consistent <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I imagine a wizard sitting in his tower thinking about a solution to a problem he had and the result would be a new spell. Years later a powerfull wizard named Gagyx comes to the world through a portal and starts writing a massive tome about the spells he has found in that world. After he's finished he returns to his own world to distribute the book to bring magic into his world. Unfortunately the spells do not work in Gagyx' world so the book becomes useless. Some time later Gagyx has a brilliant idea. He creates a game that covers the world he had the spells from and incorporates those spells into the ruleset. The book he releases some months later will become an massive success and everybody is happy. </p><p></p><p>So, magic exists. It's just the problem that we cannot use the spells here <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jupp, post: 2368134, member: 20804"] Thats very realistic IMO. I dont think the wizards in a fantasy world would sit together in a plenum and discuss about what spell should be researched next to keep everything orderly and consistent :) I imagine a wizard sitting in his tower thinking about a solution to a problem he had and the result would be a new spell. Years later a powerfull wizard named Gagyx comes to the world through a portal and starts writing a massive tome about the spells he has found in that world. After he's finished he returns to his own world to distribute the book to bring magic into his world. Unfortunately the spells do not work in Gagyx' world so the book becomes useless. Some time later Gagyx has a brilliant idea. He creates a game that covers the world he had the spells from and incorporates those spells into the ruleset. The book he releases some months later will become an massive success and everybody is happy. So, magic exists. It's just the problem that we cannot use the spells here ;) [/QUOTE]
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