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Line 8: ** See [[Wild Magic]]. * '''Subverted''': Marcy and the [[Player Party]] meet [[An Ice Person\|Boris]], who can do things with his magic that violate the rules as Marcy has explained them. See [[Wrong -Context Magic]] Also see [[Beyond the Impossible]]. * '''Double Subverted''': Boris is a member of [[Grim Up North\|the Arctic Brotherhood]], who use a slightly different source of magic than Marcy's guild, and thus have different rules. There are things Marcy can do that Boris can't, and by pooling their knowledge, the two can learn which rules are vital and which are just tradition. Line 16: * '''Reconstructed''': Those engineers and scientists [[Badass Bookworm\|are still mages]]. ** The [[Mana]] that powers the spells comes from [[Physical God\|Physical Gods]] and the rules are consistent because they help teaching new mages how to use magic. * '''Zig Zagged''': Marcy is introduced on ''Generic Fantasy Show'' by a writer who doesn't bother to think through the implications of her magic. When other writers use her in the first season, [[New Powers Asas the Plot Demands\|her powers work as the plot demands]] without [[Ass Pull\|reference to how previous episodes handled it]]. Eventually, one of the writers comes up with consistent rules for Marcy's magic, which some of the writers remember to use, others don't, and a few handwave special exceptions for. Worse, the episodes are not aired in the order they were produced, so Marcy may not have a spell this week that she had last week. Fans trying to write Marcy up for role-playing games have fits. * '''Averted''': No one ever explains how magic works, or what its limitations are. It just is, and that's all anyone cares about. * '''Enforced''': The writers of ''Generic Fantasy Game'' put strict limits on how magic works so that mages are balanced with other Character Classes. Line 25: * '''Conversed''': "Don't play a mage in this game unless you're prepared to memorize a lot of rules about the magic system. Beginners should probably stick to fighter types." ---- In accordance with the ancient laws of Deep Magic, you may go Back to [[~~Magic a Is Magic A~~{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]], and may the Source be with you. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Magic A Is Magic A~~{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Playing With~~{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]