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[milkisgross]

[Edward's been seeing all of these different posts come up. It's obnoxious to him, but he can see the potential of being able to communicate with so many like this, so he decided to give it a try.]

It's come to my attention that there's a few people here who use "magic." From what I've seen, there's nothing like it where I come from and I have a few questions for anyone who's willing to answer.

In science, you've got different laws that everything follows. Is that the same for magic? Does some magic have laws while others don't?

Are there different fields of magic? What are they?

Where does the energy or power come from?

What makes it "magic" and not a field of science?

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[milkisgross]

I guess that makes sense.

[Ed quickly glances off camera to the papers ad notes cluttering his apartment. He bit off a bit more than he could chew with this project of his.]

When it comes to alchemy, people tend to specialize in different areas. For example, there's this guy who specializes in flame alchemy and I know a doctor who uses it for healing people. Is it the same with magic where you're from?

[purrrrfection]

Mmm... [ The noise is one of consideration, as is the frown. Trickier question, but not at the same time. ] I suppose... When you consider that all magic relies on aether and the manipulation of it, one could argue that the disciplines themselves are specialties. It isn't very common but there are some exceptional individuals who can find ways to make even those specific types of magic their own.

[ Y'shtola immediately springs to mind, as does Master Matoya.

Ziva sets down her device so that it's propped on a table against something, freeing her to fold her arms in thought. ]

The disciplines had to start somewhere as well, so perhaps those that created magic as we know it today could have been considered specialists, once. But if you want the straight answer, then no. Magic is relatively uniform in practice. Red Mages practice a mix of black and white magic. Black mages specialize in destruction spells. Conjurers and White mages are healers with very few offensive capabilities. Astrologians draw on the influence of the heavens for theirs. I've not yet heard of any individual with a type of magic wholly unique to themselves. The nearest I can think of are Arcanists, who I believe are said to have once had two branches of specialization.

[ But my player ditched the SCH/SMN job two expansions ago so we don't know about that IC'ly. ]

[milkisgross]

That's a lot of different types of mages though. From my perspective it sounds like each one is its own specialization in itself.

[He leans back a bit on the couch he's sitting on.]

I follow what you're saying though, about how no one's come up with anything unique for themselves. You think it has something to do with the nature of the magic itself?