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In article <1992Dec18.151103.23858@oz.plymouth.edu>, sos@oz.plymouth.edu (Steffan O'Sullivan) writes:
|> hall@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert J. Hall) writes:
|> >
|> >How about this: "Mundane magic is weakened magic". If you use a spell
|> >over and over, it develops into an ordinary physical phenomenon and
|> >loses its special magical nature. Thus, each time you use a particular
|> >spell you have developed, it becomes weaker and harder to cast.
|> 
|> I'm not sure how you mean this: develops into an ordinary physical
|> phenomenon.  Do you mean everybody can shoot flame jets from their
|> fingers after a while?  If so, this obviously won't work.  If you mean
|> it simply gets harder to cast, though, that's a good effect.

Could have a bizaare effect on the type of magic cast in a world where
magic works as described above.  Every mage would constantly be trying
to come up with new spells, as old ones are used up.  All the obvious
spells would have been used up ages ago, so magic would be pretty weird.
Forget your average fireball spell.  That went ages ago.  These days
people cast 'poison confetti rain' spells etc...