Re: Common magic.

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:12:14 -0700


> > It is a magic unique to each individual, regardless of race, creed,
color,
> > sex... It "comes from" the Inner world, not any of the
God/Spirit/Sorcery
> > planes. It's not something you learn, it's a part of you just like your
> hair
> > color or fingerprint. It's just "what you do". On the other hand, it is
> > relatively weak - "Common Magic" is basically a keyword, and can't be
> raised
> > with HP.
>
> Sounds something like the "knacks" from Orson Scott Card's Alvin series.

Except everyone has them. (As I remember the Alvin Maker series (been a number of years since I read it now...), only a few people had knacks (more in the New World than the Old, since all the witches, wizards and other wierdos were sent from the Old to the New).

RR

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