Age Limitations On Magic..?

[DJSneeze 60]

                  I've been told by someone that if a character below the age of either 17 or eighteen were to begin learning a void magic, the results would be very.. Not-good. The person whom told me has quite a bit of experience under his belt when it comes to roleplaying magic, and has a remarkable understanding of the lore provided for it. However, I've found no lore regarding this statement, and have looked over multiple guides for void magic. If there is an age limitation, please do link to something proving it, because I'd like to know.

[Ivran 137]

I was under the impression it was more near the age of 15.

[Nug 2011]

who is this person and i think ivran's right, it's closer to 15ish afaik.

[Lvke 1000]

have to be like mid-teens at least i think

[tnoy23 202]

You have to be at least 16. That is the limitation the MAT had and it still sticks. It is not written down anywhere.

[DrakeHaze. 2524]

Children explode or something when attempting to cast magic.

[DJSneeze 60]

Thanks for clearings things up~!

[Mithradites 1168]

Children cannot learn magic. That's what it has been. I do not recall an exact age, because it ought not to be necessary. Wait until your character is not a child, and then feel free to learn magic.

[ski_king3 0]

Treat magic like low level calculus. If you think it's reasonable for your character to learn under practice low level calculus with serious chances of success, then they can learn magic. We had a guideline of 14 or 15 in place back when the MAT was a thing.

[Heero 4092]

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/topic/88059-illusion-guide/page-3#entry955189

Simple summary regarding age and magic.

[zaezae 1098]

"Learning magic" at 15 doesn't mean casting spells. It could mean. "Now you will read about the fundamentals of fire and why it is hot."

[Jistuma 1996]

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/topic/101925-magic-roleplay-qa/

 

[Lago 2572]

It was something that MAT had in place to stop child mages. It's not officially written down anywhere so if you want a child to practice a few inept noncombat spells go ahead, but you can't have a juvenile pyromancer or the like.

[Elindor 666]

The age guide actually varies by race. I remember a discussion within the MAT about this and we never really came to an exact conclusion. However it operates like this, for Void especially:

The first step to accessing the Void is to lapse all concentration on any thought and then to reach out to nothing and grasp it. A child or teenager doesn't have the ability to blank their mind. There is a certain requirement of understanding one's self required to escape the entrapment /of/ one's self. Self actuality doesn't typically happen until late teen-hood.

 

Other magics have different limitations, typically deities wouldn't believe that a child has had the opportunity to prove itself.

 

 

It has never been impossible. But the vast majority of children and teenagers aren't capable of making that first step of making contact with the source of that types' power, and thus cannot begin learning beyond the theories.

Also teachers tend not to want to take on children.

[TheBareSheet 194]

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