Path

Myriad Reality

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Hey, that’s a pretty wide net you’re casting!

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You consider yourself one?

Myriad Reality

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I don’t think any legendary mage was ever anything but a theorist or a musclehead.

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Ah the theorist are boring and don’t really do much with it.

Myriad Reality

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And a deep understanding of how to manipulate it.

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Of course, otherwise you'd just be theorist.

Myriad Reality

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Theory being how we understand magic’s interactions and way of working. It’s all of the details about how magic exists, can be used, and interacts with other things. The more your theory lines up with how it works, the better it is.

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*nods*
I am not denying that. Imagination and creativity of how magic works is necessary.

Myriad Reality

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At risk of boring you....
*Clears my throat*
I’m sure you’ve noticed that many systems can apply equally to magic. A chaos-based theory of magic can work just as well as other schools if you tweak the rest of the calculations for spells and runes and all that. It gets you to the same place, but I don’t think they’re as intuitive for casters.

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Oh, I see now. I don’t really see it as a theory more of as a way magic is as a resource compared to many other elements. My original point was magic in utself is a chaotic energy that can do anything and nothing. If you are talking about theories in terms of school of thoughts in magic, then I agree that a order and chaos dichotomy is a valid and strong one. And can be applied in almost any situation. I senses that is where you were going, but I didn’t stop you as I was curious of your version.

Myriad Reality

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Many different schools of thought have been tried in our world. Most didn’t work.

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*thinks*
Maybe the rules of your realm have more restrictions. Or someone is placing rules. That is not uncommon.

Myriad Reality

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Which is fine when you know what you’re talking about.

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*smiles*
It’s not a bad start to aid you in understanding magic. I know my school of thought is…
*taps my chin*
Unorthodox, and possibly to you. Even wrong, but it has more than enough foundation and fundamental integrity to be considered true. I’m not denying your school of thought or even downplaying it. I want you to know that. It’s a very effective way to follow.

Myriad Reality

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The most powerful world is the one where order and chaos are perfectly balanced. Ours is much closer than a non-magical world where order rules. And if your world is ruled by chaos, good luck getting much of anything accomplished.

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*smiles*
You sound like those students whom are stuck in their ways.

Myriad Reality

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They can do even less?

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They have other things holding it together. What makes you think that those other things are the order holding it together. But from what if there is no magic? What other factors of chaos would those forces be necessary?

Myriad Reality

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Easy, they have other things holding it together, usually with more order than magic. So they can do even less.

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Ah! Say that again!