@TheEdVerse In the Realms is it more common for folks to have the ability to study and use arcane/weave magic such as a wizard or those given the divine spark of a spell using cleric?
— stephen parlin (@smparlin) August 3, 2020
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The Gift to wield the Art (arcane magic) is far rarer than the ability to have the gods (or their spell-granting servitor beings) listen to your prayers and answer them by sending magic.
The Gift is a rare personal innate… 2)
…ability; receiving divine magic is a matter of mortal belief, the divine judgment of that mortal (or the situation, and how granting something would public-relations-benefit the deity or their mortal church), or divine whim.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 4, 2020
Woaw so the gods taking favor is not as rare as the study of arcane? So that means that it’s easier for the gods to see merit in mortals versus the mortal to embark on their own journey for power? Yes. Gods have bestowed spells on non-clerics who were devout believers and prayed fervently in their hour of need: farmers making a knowing-they're-doomed lone stand to defend their village, for instance.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 4, 2020
All arcane and divine magic works through the Weave to access the natural energies (tides, wind, convection, etc.) of the world. Other systems of magic (table magic, etc.) are alternatives to the Weave. So, not "all" but otherwise, spot on.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 4, 2020