These are all specific abilities (unlike the General Ability of a rune affinity). I don't recall if you can only augment with them or if you use them as abilities.
--Todd
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:30 PM, L C <lightcastle_at_zEuORU7AagnetWAO_GvFFQ0cxc1BXNnXeoJ5pSGRxQkLY_SeKWObyxHob5hR-6dDA4Omo-rHfAL0X08.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> Common Magic is a term that has been used fairly loosely since I
> encountered it in the first HQ game.
>
> It has been used to refer to magic not gathered from a specialty cult.
>
> It has been used to refer to magic "everyone can do", which is sort of
> the same thing as above, with more of a hint of it being commonly
> encountered.
>
> It has been used to mean magic not gotten through a link to the
> otherworld, or given by an otherworld entity native to the mundane
> world. (The most structured definition)
>
> There were some game-mechanical uses, involving active vs augment-only
> magic.
>
> It appears (I may be wrong) that the HQ2 and the Sartar book has common
> magic be the "lowest level" of magic available to a lay person. Thus it
> is charms other people give you, spells, and the use of the affinity
> runes you are initiated to. Charms are made by higher level spirit
> practitioners contacting the other world and the runes contact is (from
> my understanding) a contact with the otherworld you made in your
> everyday worship/initiation into adulthood.
>
> So it seems "Common Magic" has come to mean "basic lay member" magic, or
> possibly "you don't need to be in a specific cult" magic, but is no
> longer about magic not from the Otherworld. Either that's no longer a
> relevant distinction, or it's going to get some other name at some point.
>
> Does this make sense? Magic is magic, and "common" really just means
> "not too hard to get because everyone whose a member of the community
> has access to it"? I'm fine with that, although I do think there's
> something interesting about "magic you get without ever having to touch
> the otherworlds" which might be nice to have another name for.
>
> LC
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