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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7854749" data-attributes="member: 2525">I mean, check out the list of sources of power for sorcerers. Some are external, like divine or a pact. Some are internal, like exposure to wild magic. Some are ancestral, like a dragon ancestor. They're all over the place - how do you come up with a unified theme for how they can change their spells overnight that would cover all these sorcerer origins, given some of them seem to be the antithesis of changing overnight?1. Your innate magic comes from draconic magic that was mingled with your blood or that of your ancestors. Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times who made a bargain with a dragon or who might even have claimed a dragon parent. Some of these bloodlines are well established in the world, but most are obscure. Any given sorcerer could be the first of a new bloodline, as a result of a pact or some other exceptional circumstance.2. Others carry a raw, uncontrolled magic within them, a chaotic storm that manifests in unexpected ways.You might have endured exposure to raw magic, perhaps through a planar portal leading to Limbo, the Elemental Planes, or the Far Realm. Perhaps you were blessed by a fey being or marked by a demon. Or your magic could be a fluke of your birth, with no apparent cause.3. Sometimes the spark of magic that fuels a sorcerer comes from a divine source that glimmers within the soul. Having such a blessed soul is a sign that your innate magic might come from a distant but powerful familial connection to a divine being. Perhaps your ancestor was an angel, transformed into a mortal and sent to fight in a god’s name. Or your birth might align with an ancient prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods or a chosen vessel of divine magic.4. Your innate magic comes from the Shadowfell itself. You might trace your lineage to an entity from that place, or perhaps you were exposed to its fell energy and transformed by it.5. Your innate magic comes from the power of elemental air. Many with this power can trace their magic back to a near-death experience caused by the Great Rain, but perhaps you were born during a howling gale so powerful that folk still tell stories of it, or your lineage might include the influence of potent air creatures such as djinn.I am not seeing an easy unifying theme which would allow all these different types to change overnight.</blockquote>

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