[pnpgm] Game Update #48 - File #431 - Tiehul's Revelation

[Thomas O. Magann Jr.]

Whitney grimaces, "Trust me, there is no such thing as a 'natural magic'. Well, maybe 3 items. But anything that requires a spell to activate is less than natural, by definition. Well, linguistic definition, in any event. With a paltry handful exceptions, the whole category misnamed as 'natural magic' is little more than a collection of artificial magic items that simply require the casting of a spell, rather than the casting of a spell after a bit of crafting. Natural, but not magic. Of the remainder, such as the rock hard eye of a demon (which isn't even a gem, but an animal part, more or less) or the sap of a Balance March botanical humanoid, some are magic but far from natural. Truly natural magics do exist, but you can count them ont he fingers of one hand. Even of you don't have a full set.

"Which just goes to show that even mages and wizards can be sloppy scholars, if not outright linguistically incompetent. Why with all those supernatural languages they learn, you'd think they'd actually recognize two words with opposing meanings always cropping up in their studies. Idiots. Next they'll be saying the various languages of magic power spells because the gods have decreed it so. There should be an intelligence test to learn spellcasting." 

Whitney's voice trails off as he mutters to himself about the general lack of scholarly acumen in the modern wizard.

OOC: I'd like to thank you for finally bring up the topic of natural magics, and even going the extra mile of mentioning spells in conjunction with the term. I've been saving that rant for 6 months, since I created the character, although I cut it down by 4 paragraphs just so the locals helping us didn't decide to turn Whitney in as a crazy person. :-)

Anyone want to reopen the supernatural language discussion you had just before he joined? :-)

>  Raban smiles, "That may be a great idea, assuming those are not 
>watched as places suspected of being magic related.  Knowing what is 
>accepted could be very important. My knowledge of such things is greatly 
>limited. My teacher told me about various natural magics I would find 
>useful, but not in much detail nor what spells were needed to use them. 
>I had to purchase the ones I could locate, ready to use. I can recognize 
>quite a few medicinal plants and herbs as well as those useful in 
>massages, so my herbalism lore is limited... I think it would draw too 
>much attention if I visited such a place and from the size of the people 
>here, it is unlikely I would fit inside such a shop."
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Thank you for your time,

Thomas O. Magann Jr.