Bob Schroeck Wrote:As for the magic system, personal-line-node isn't really unique to Lackey, although she's done a master's work on making it a part of Velgarth. I will admit to starting with her interpretation, but I very quickly expanded on it, leaving it as one of several "configurations" magic could take in a world. WW, for instance, doesn't really have nodes, although it does have the rare ley line. And places like the Harry Potter world clearly do not work on the line-node system.And Rental Magica (which liberally borrows more than just names from Hermetic and Crowleyian magic) makes use of ley lines as an important background feature.
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Rob Kelk
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