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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redwizard007" data-source="post: 9066263" data-attributes="member: 7024098">I can't believe you guys are so bad with history. Magic has never changed, but how mortals interact with it has evolved over the ages.Back when the world was young, before their realms were sundered from our own plane, and the gods walked among us, mortal magic was common but rarely powerful. The gods, spirits, and other mighty beings wielded magic as easily as we breathe. Their mere presence was enough cause reality to warp around them. Mortals that simply existed near these powerful entities began to naturally exhibit magical powers of their own (sorcerers.) Other mortals began to worship these beings (clerics,) or bargain with them for a thimblefull of their power (warlocks.) Still others felt a strong pull to the primal energies suffusing the creations of these powers (druids.) Others found the sounds of power in the voices of the gods, and teased out enough meaning to replicate that power through song (bards.) It was only much later that less blessed mortals began to attempt to emulate these powers. They studied the stars of the sky, and the paths of migrating birds. They mixed elements, both benign and foul. They experimented with the bones of slain monsters, and the blood of fallen gods. But most important, they developed ways to record what they learned. These early mages were the birth of the written word. They were seekers of knowledge. They were pioneers. And the 3 brother gods, now known as the gods of magic, took notice. Guided by the unseen hands of the brothers, mortals unlocked the secrets of magic for the first time. Not simply echoing the power of the gods, but actually creating new effects, new paths, new disciplines of magic. Not superior to that of the gods own magic, but tailored to the needs of mortal men. The power of these wizards eventually surpassed that of all the other disciples of magic, as their hunger for more, their insatiable quest to develop their art further, pushed them to new heights. Mortals may never match the power of the gods, but these wizards may oneday come close.</blockquote>

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