Post by EDM Entori on Oct 31, 2007 14:40:43 GMT -5
//post will contain to different cultures beliefs on magic. Arcane specifically.. will start with elves. and work my way through, suggestions are welcome to be Pm'd Also... Make sure any IG information taken is given through explicit DM approval. I will post disclaimers form source books used, nothing used will be current 3rd edition. but it will be based on mindsets, which I'll try to portray correctly.
taken from cormanthor.. no longer for sale and free to download, is safe to post..
Elven magic
Magic is not some idle power or tool
that awaits your beck and call. It is a
living thing, a vigor that permeates
the planet and the air, and
can rightly be called Torils
lifeforce. Magic demands respect.
Magic encourages cooperation.
Magic requires
understanding. Magic needs
passion, for only in emotion
can it truly become Art. Magic
is not merely a pawn or a force
to manipulate at will and
whim, for to do so is to invite disaster.
Magic is not power; magic
simply is.
Itiireae, High Court Mage of Cormanthor in
the Year of Dreams (10 DR)
To elves, magic is less a power or force to manipulate and more an energy source and something that permeates their entire existence. To separate elves from their magic is to pull a fish from water or rob a scholar of his ability to read. To an elf, magic is as ever present as life itself, and the use of it in common spells as well as High Magic is almost as much a religious experience as communing with the Seldarine. Perhaps the elves’ affinity for magic helps explain their longevity and other special abilities, though the elves prefer not to comment. Elves understand the Weave, the mystical balance of forces and energies that govern magic on Toril, and even those elves whose preferences lie with swords can feel it surrounding them at all times.
As humans strive to understand the nature of elven nightvision (called infravision by the humans), some have theorized that elven eyes are attuned to the Weave, and in Magic is as natural a thing to elves as water, darkness they see the energy of untapped magic flowingthrough and around objects, people, and places.air, and the earth below. It is yet another abundant natural asset available to elves in this world, and they use it without disruption, as they do any other resource. Just as humans learned to use water and wind to turn mill wheels, elves tap magic and cast spells to make their lives easier as well. Humans embrace the physical world, relying almost entirely on physical tools and physical solutions; elves embrace both worlds, using physical and magical tools and like resolutions. Like the other natural resources of Toril magic has been a commodity to be respected,employed in measure and with care, and used in harmony with the other forces of nature. Whether they witnessed abuses of this power in the past or simply had the foresight and wisdom to know not to misuse the power of magic, the elves have carefully guarded how and where magic was used. Numerous ancient elven treatises discuss the boon of magic and postulate that magic is in and of itself a test of character for the
wielder and his race.
If wizardry can be used without abuse, it is power granted freely with little divine control or intervention (unlike priests magic, which is doled out by the gods whims and strictures). Prom this perspective, magic is an asset granted only to those mature races capable of using it responsibly. However, the elves greatest fears were realized far too soon after they brought magic into the reach of the youngling race under their protection, the humans.
// coming up Thay, and Cormyr, suggested information needed.
Ent
taken from cormanthor.. no longer for sale and free to download, is safe to post..
Elven magic
Magic is not some idle power or tool
that awaits your beck and call. It is a
living thing, a vigor that permeates
the planet and the air, and
can rightly be called Torils
lifeforce. Magic demands respect.
Magic encourages cooperation.
Magic requires
understanding. Magic needs
passion, for only in emotion
can it truly become Art. Magic
is not merely a pawn or a force
to manipulate at will and
whim, for to do so is to invite disaster.
Magic is not power; magic
simply is.
Itiireae, High Court Mage of Cormanthor in
the Year of Dreams (10 DR)
To elves, magic is less a power or force to manipulate and more an energy source and something that permeates their entire existence. To separate elves from their magic is to pull a fish from water or rob a scholar of his ability to read. To an elf, magic is as ever present as life itself, and the use of it in common spells as well as High Magic is almost as much a religious experience as communing with the Seldarine. Perhaps the elves’ affinity for magic helps explain their longevity and other special abilities, though the elves prefer not to comment. Elves understand the Weave, the mystical balance of forces and energies that govern magic on Toril, and even those elves whose preferences lie with swords can feel it surrounding them at all times.
As humans strive to understand the nature of elven nightvision (called infravision by the humans), some have theorized that elven eyes are attuned to the Weave, and in Magic is as natural a thing to elves as water, darkness they see the energy of untapped magic flowingthrough and around objects, people, and places.air, and the earth below. It is yet another abundant natural asset available to elves in this world, and they use it without disruption, as they do any other resource. Just as humans learned to use water and wind to turn mill wheels, elves tap magic and cast spells to make their lives easier as well. Humans embrace the physical world, relying almost entirely on physical tools and physical solutions; elves embrace both worlds, using physical and magical tools and like resolutions. Like the other natural resources of Toril magic has been a commodity to be respected,employed in measure and with care, and used in harmony with the other forces of nature. Whether they witnessed abuses of this power in the past or simply had the foresight and wisdom to know not to misuse the power of magic, the elves have carefully guarded how and where magic was used. Numerous ancient elven treatises discuss the boon of magic and postulate that magic is in and of itself a test of character for the
wielder and his race.
If wizardry can be used without abuse, it is power granted freely with little divine control or intervention (unlike priests magic, which is doled out by the gods whims and strictures). Prom this perspective, magic is an asset granted only to those mature races capable of using it responsibly. However, the elves greatest fears were realized far too soon after they brought magic into the reach of the youngling race under their protection, the humans.
// coming up Thay, and Cormyr, suggested information needed.
Ent