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[Org]

Here's a fun one.

In the DnD books, specifically the Forgotten Realms, magic exists in the form of the Weave, a net of magical energy the mages tap into in order to cast spells.

Sounds like a computer program to me. The incantations and hand gestures act as triggers to access the program. Wizards are programers (they can add new programs to the net), Sorcerers are hackers (gave themselves, or were somehow given, admin functions that exempt them from selecting programs ahead of time).

Bwahahahaha!

I thought that wizards in DnD stored their spells ahead of time in complex mnemonic processes that would trigger flurries of mental activity to perform the spell at a given time, whereas sorcerors had some unknown connection to magic itself that allowed them to develop an affinity for certain spells and cast them without the rigmarole?

That's the default setting, in the old Realms magic worked differently.

In the new Realms, the Weave got all exploded, so magic is now kind of hit and miss.

Which is how, in my opinion, magic should be: unpredictable as all hell. If it's predictable it's essentially just physics. If you don't know whether a spell will summon a fireball or a carp, that's magic.

It's also not so good from a gameplay point of view.

Yeah. When fighting a dragon, you REALLY want a fireball, and not a carp. Although they might have the same effect.

[RAM]

Although if a 5000 tonne Capr falls on the dragon it may be satisfactory.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Then the only real magic is the Heart of Gold. Which is, ironically, a technological marvel.

[RAM]

Which relies upon the existence of an especially good cuppa...

[rickvoid]

Although if a 5000 tonne Carp falls on the dragon it may be satisfactory.

Only if said magical carp has learned how to do something other than splash.

<_<
>_>
runs

[Org]

Hehehe.

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