META: Magic in Fenspace

[Ace Dreamer]

It might be worthwhile trying to make clear what sort of magic works in Fenspace.

Really fundamental magic, that lets you re-write the structure of reality, that trumps any 'natural laws'... I'm assuming that doesn't work in Fenspace. Or, if it does, Skuld didn't hand out any administrator passwords while she was visiting, that would let people tinker with the underlying (maybe purely information based?) structure of reality.

Magic then runs on top of the fundamental hardware of reality, it doesn't let you tinker with that hardware. (Rather like running programs doesn't let you set light to the computer, unless someone has been unwise enough to add 'ingite computer' hardware, and added an interface to it.)

So, Fenspace magic is still working in accord with physical law, it just implies that there are a lot more physical laws than people realise?

And, a level up from even that, there are all the traditions and myths that are the existing body of magical 'knowledge'.

I guess I shouldn't mention Amberites here. [grin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Amber
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Dice ... aying_Game
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