> > [...]And Middle Earth has *much* less magic than Glorantha, by many
> > degrees of magnitude. Even if you play ICE Middle Earth.
>
> Aye. Off the top of my head, I believe we find "instant-healing"
> caliber magic of one sort or another in Narnia (Lucy's cordial),
> Harry Potter, Octavia Butler's "Patternist" novels, and
> Turtledove's "Videssos" books. It's not something you find in every
> fantasy series, but it's not unheard of.
Many fantasy books after the advent of D&D has "instant-heal" magic, but that is because it is inspired by D&D. Pre-D&D, instant-heal magic is relatively rare in fantasy stories.
RR
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