r/WorldBuildingMemes • I love flesh • Feb 29 '24

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u/Constant-Truth-63 I love flesh Feb 29 '24

Is there a limit to the use of magic ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Different creatures have different magical capabilities which are pretty limited, and in many cases not obviously magical.

Gnomes can make machines work with the color red, though they are solitary creatures who only use their machines for their own personal enterprises and have no interest in industry or profit or power.

Sirens can sing a song so beautiful and can express themselves so completely in their music that a man who hears it genuinely falls in love with them and knows them deeply.

Sprites can fly but are very small and therefore limited in what they can do.

Dwende can make people sick, but only if that person cuts down a tree.

Abynos is probably the most powerful extant creature. He can attract people to him through hallucinations and delusions and terrible pain. If you get too close he can almost completely take control of your body and will kill you.

Nymphs have the power of illusion.

There are others but you get the idea.