>So, if I understand correctly, as an ordinary bod from a sorcerous society
>(say a Malkioni peasant) you don't get to do any magic yourself outside the
>liturgical setting unless you get lucky (and are very pious) praying for a
>miracle?
Yup. Sorcery requires dedication, specialisation, lengthy study and a retreat from normal society. The pointy hat is optional.
On the other hand, Sorcery is far better set up to do large-scale and large-area magic (blessings, in other words), so more people can benefit from the few magically-capable individuals than would be so were the same ratio of magic-capable to mundane true of Theists. Animists don't exactly do magic either, except Shamans, who do all the work and then hand out fire-and-forget 'delayed action' magic, called fetishes...
Wulf
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