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Sentynel One with The Other Place

admin

6 Jul 06 - 12:20

...about magicians not being able to cast magic themselves, but requiring a concealed spirit.

Jonathan Stroud wrote:4. In Bart's world, all magic comes from the spirits; if Whitwell or Nat or any of the other magicians appear to do stuff on their own, they are not - ultimately they are employing the abilities of a hidden slave. None of the magicians are born with magical powers - they are ordinary people, albeit with high intelligence and the ability to learn complex/dangerous formulae. Magic is entirely bound up with the essence of the spirits, and can only be employed by humans when they enslave one or more entity.

HA!

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Krim Horla

6 Jul 06 - 12:42

If I had made a point, then Stroud would undoubtedly see it and revise his entire manuscript to fit it.

For example, if I said 'magicians get their powers from a daily hot fudge sundae', that would be the case. But too many people already know the secret, so it seems impossible to change at the moment.

Ha!

I read that earlier. Did you know Stroud responded to my Girly Hands thread? :o

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