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Agreed. People's mileage varies enormously when it comes to magic. I'm not looking for cheap Dungeons & Dragons style stuff, but I have to say I love the signicant dosis of Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. There has to be consistency anyway, whether it is scarce or not. I think limiting powerful magic to a restricted few, and offsetting that against normal humans is probably a good way to add the mystique of magic to your tale.It's easy to make it too abundant, but as you say, you don't want it to become straight historical fiction or even alternative history either. view post