The scent of magic

Vampires have strange powers indeed.

To the winds with memorizing spells and counting mana points.

"He's dead, Sir Paladin." "... What?" "Hens-bane, my Lord, a false tooth. Not even our best interrogators could get an answer from him now." "Bring the corpse to me. The veil of death will be pierced."

Dire Ape, I choose you!!!

Rotten piles of choss, that's all that was left of the wizard's tower, that's it.

Jhobham, Adventurer-Upon-Return

Not all magic is focused on war or power. Some magic is used to ease some of the hazards of normal life. The school of Midwifery is one such school.

The Zoimorph School of Magic is a school of magic specialized in altering and creating variants of life, sometimes referred to as Arcanaeugenics.

"a new (scientific) truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

Max Planck

The sum of all spellcasting traditions of one world - or most of them - in one place.

The school of Entwiners is formed around the art of creating magic with rope and knots.

Deep forests hide many secrets, and traditions older and stranger than civilization itself.

The art of putting spells within spells.

Elven soldiers, elven armies? What a human, and therefore shortsighted, idea...

Athiyk student quote

Ah, MAGIC. A simple word, yes, but with countless meanings, endless depth, and doubtless power.

Somewhat system specific, but bear with me.

Galron has found lasting fame for simply being the first one who mentioned the stones in the record. This ancient parchments, translated into so many languages, is a hodge podge of various techniques that can be done, processes to do many of them, and vague hints about what can be done what the older magics.

All that was, all that is, all that will be, all Creation is formed of the Five Elements.

Ritual Magic, a viable (albeit forgotten) alternative to Kren.

The Kren glowed with mystic power, and with a small flash of light, the physical form of the card disappeared, the energy within rushing outwards...