META: Magic in Fenspace

[ECSNorway]

I don't know. I like the dichotomy between inherent and technological mages.

Inherent mages are really limited only by training, nerve and practice and what they want to attempt. Can generally pull anything out of a hat in a desperate pinch. Can be a bit 'wild', but much free-r and more able to experiment. They can choose their magical system. Or eventually invent their own. They've basically got a lot more freedom.

Technical 'mages' are always limited by the quality of hardware they use, power source, and the quality of design work gone into it. They're more rigidly stuck to what known manatech can work. But, pull the trigger, get your spell. Get technology that can be programmed on the fly with new 'spells', or even autogenerate based on the user's specific intent and the line between natural archmage and technomage starts to blur to the point where manatech is just another magic system with it's own inherent restrictions and requirements in places on users. (Like maintenance, programming, understanding the technology and the device to program it, etc.)

I'm trying not to go Nanoha on it. Someone elses fandom. But that sort of looks like where this train of thought's ending up.

My fandom, among others. (My avatar in this seems to be primarily Browncoats + Macross, but I can expand.)

I like your model. I'm excited to be a part of it.
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