@TheEdVerse
Good night Great Sage from Shadowdale. A curiosity: how did the Spellcasters (Wizards) manage to use magic without the use of Weave during the post-spellplague years from 1385 DR to 1475 DR? I believed that only Shadovars (Shades) used magic without using Weave. How did Wizards dominate raw magic without Weave? Pluma and Hishna magic certainly worked without Weave interference, just like the obscure Halruaan technique know as Table Magic, but standard magic does not! That would be the doubt.— Fernando DM (@arautomestre) August 29, 2020
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The Weave is just one way of accessing the natural powers of the world (wind, tides, convection currents/heat/sunlight, magnetism, flowing water and other kinetic effects, etc.) by non-purely-physical means (like digging or damming), which are collectively… 2)
…referred to as "magic." There are many others, but the D&D game system concentrates on the Weave-based ones because they are the fastest (which matters, when you're fighting for your life!). By experimentation and consulting old grimoires (in Candlekeep, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 30, 2020
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…various temples and royal and court and sages’ libraries) for hints of other ways of spellcasting, arcane spellcasters found other ways. Steadied by the Weave, because it did NOT collapse entirely thanks to Mystra’s foresight in establishing Weave anchors, … 4)
…both living (e.g. the Chosen) and nonliving (e.g. the Athora), the continued existence of Azuth, and some other factors, some as yet unrevealed.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 30, 2020
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Quite a few creatures use magic without accessing the Weave (even monsters, when we refer to them in the rules as having “spell-like powers/abilities”), not just shades. The study of magic is a rabbit hole that some individuals (like Larloch) devote many… 6)
…lifetimes to, without ever getting near a full or complete understanding of current magic ("current" because magic is not static, but a living, growing thing over time, thanks to the innovations of many sentient creatures).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 30, 2020