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Originally posted by Scatter:
I disagree that Bards and Gads aren't magic users. Maybe they're not casters, but you do not have a non-magic party there.
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Ah Scatter, the old discussion.
I think it's not "real" magic because, the effects of many gadgets and instruments can easily generated in our "real" world. No one says that a violin player ,who makes auditors happy, is a magician. A high "shrill sound" that pains the ears and make you run away is simply produced by a high-frequency generator . Being wrapped in Duct Tape makes it impossible to move ....
Ever touched a capacitor ? The stored electricity can kill you and must I really say something about a lightning (rod) ?. Hypnosis ( aided by light ) is used in medical therapy.
Of course , there a some instruments with effects that cannot generated today but have you ever seen Star Trek or other SciFi films ? No one says that Captain Picard , who stops tectonic plate movement with a "modified tachyon beam", is a "Harry Potter" of the future.
. And Boiling Blood ? Have you ever read the news what happens after a child said : Let's put the rabbit in the microwave oven ?
So what do you think ? Is using a lighning rod or using a vacuum pump magic or not ?
I know that some of the instruments have effect that cannot easily explained by physic but IIRC I read somewhere in a magazine that some special frequency can soften up the structure of materials (Armormelt).
Magic in my defininition do not use any additives , it's only produced by brain, movement of the hand and "mystic" words of power.
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[ 08-12-2004, 12:30 AM: Message edited by: Loudhy ]