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Questionable Questing

Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
At least, directly. All systems of magic are effectively arbitrary ways of abstracting chunks of reality into more manipulable variables and concepts. Things like 'life force' and 'caloric' are all just things various magical systems made up to simplify the task of altering otherwise very complicated natural systems, at the cost of actual direct control.
tehelgee
tehelgee
Complicated, or finicky? Cause there's a difference. Complicated is no big deal, because you can learn how to deal with it. Finicky, on the other hand, means no matter how much you learn, it's just not going to work right sometimes.
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
In essence, everyday magic is 'programs' for 'high level programming languages' which simplify the otherwise unbelievable task of 'writing in machine code' or 'writing in assembly' - IE, altering reality.

Pseudoscience and folk mysticism typically has it's roots, in this setting, in normal people hearing magic talk and deciding it sounds legit.
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
Because it's /not/ legit...it's all bullshit, and those who invented it knew that.

Complicated AND finicky, by the way. The system of reality is far too complex for a human mind to grasp for casual alteration, so the only way to achieve consistent, reproducible, and easy spellcasting is to make an abstract intermediary between yourself and reality.
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