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== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Dungeons and Dragons]]
** In ''[[Dark Sun]]'' both Defilers and Preservers need to drain life forces in order to power arcane magic, but defilers drain it away without worrying about the consequences, while Preservers are careful not to drain enough to kill the plants and animals nearby that are contributing (and thus get less power and slowly). Considering that Dark Sun is a gigantic desert world, it's not hard to deduce the popularity of defiler magic.
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* Most magick in ''[[Unknown Armies]]'' works this way. The "value" of certain actions varies based on what kind of adept you are. Typically an adept gets a "minor charge" for some kind of ritual that's easy enough to be performed every day or so, a "significant charge" for doing something very difficult and painful, and a "major charge" for doing something nigh-impossible. And even the magick that seems to be free usually isn't. In [[Unknown Armies]], ain't nothin' come for free.
** There's even an in-game term for the concept in UA: The Law of Transaction.
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* In the [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] fan game [[Heta Oni]], England reveals that he can destroy the Grays all on his own, using his magic. However, {{spoiler|it comes at the cost of his eyesight.}}
* Fey of the [[Whateley Universe]] is a massively powerful mage who can, among other things, pull magical energy from ley lines. It turns out there's living things at the other end of those ley lines, and over the course of the first year she unknowingly caused several ''ecological disasters''.
* ''[http://johnsu.deviantart.com/art/Equivalent-Exchange-453215425 Equivalent Exchange]'' by JohnSu on deviantART. Remember all those [[Little Bit Beastly|anime cat ears]]? Well...
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* Eric gets a lecture to this effect from Dungeon Master in the "Day of the Dungeonmaster" episode of ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
* The ending of ''[[X Men the Animated Series]]''' take on [[The Dark Phoenix Saga]] has Jean Grey [[Heroic Sacrifice|dying to stop the Phoenix threat]] as per source, but since here it was the real Jean posessed by a cosmic force, instead of [[Tomato Surprise|the force itself taking her form]], she really does die. The force itself is okay though, but it [[My God, What Have I Done?|realises that it was wrong]], and [[Must Make Amends|offers to ressurect Jean]], requiring someone sacrificing their own [[Life Energy]]. Cyclops and Wolverine have a [[More Expendable Than You]] moment before Phoenix informs them that the necessary amount of life energy can be obtained from several donors, without anybody dying.
== Real Life ==
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