And no, Xshu, it's the same concept. Being against all sorcery because some misuse it is a horrible generalization.
I disagree. Why?
This is why. Sorcery lets you essentially invent spells on the fly via meditation. Spells are not taught, so weaponized spells cannot be limited. Anyone who wants a dangerous spell need only meditate on it and, bam, Moss gets his horrible torture spells. Magic is not a science equivalent, magic items are a science equivalent. Magic itself is power, and power:
1. Corrupts.
2. Is sought by those who would seek to use it.
Saying magic is good is like saying super powers are good. Sure there are a ton of people who use their power altruistically, but they're just plain outnumbered by the people who use it selfishly. Look at any fictional superhero world and tell me with a straight face it's in better shape than ours. Inevitably some villain wins the superpower lottery and the world goes to hell while the heroes stop them.
Who the heck cares? Sorcery there is like wealth over here on planet Earth. A lot of people abuse it, but there are a hell of a lot of good people that are extremely wealthy.
Wow, using the wealthy as an example for power being
good? A gutsy move. True enough, but like I said, there are just plain more villains than heroes.
If she could use sorcery, she'd probably put it to good use, yet she hates it. Why? Probably because she herself can't use it.
Everyone can learn sorcery, most people just choose not to. Even people who don't learn sorcery can use magic items. Bern chooses not to use them because she doesn't believe it's right, not the other way around.
Do you really think anyone has the right to limit someone's potential because of the chance they might misuse it?
God. Yes. I'm suggesting that if they DO misuse it, then they should be banished from accessing the knowledge and resources that the University of Eschelon can provide, unless they redeem or correct themselves
But the problem is that once they know it, they know it. They can cut off their ties to Eschelon's University, but they'll still know how to use magic and they can still abuse it. Even if they can't go up in level, they can still use and learn lots of spells. It's not like taking away someone's gun, or even their bullets. It's like realizing they're abusing their gun, and then just...not letting them buy a bigger one.
Except sorcery isn't inherently a weapon. I can understand not teaching dangerous spells to everyone, but ALL SORCERY? That's like saying nuclear weapons are dangerous, so we shouldn't sell anyone bandages.
No, it isn't. Because of the method by which sorcerers can spontaneously generate their own spells, it's more like there's only one branch of science, and people can use it to do anything they want. So it's more
nothing like science.
No... thats a horrible connection they should be somewhat related. How about... Nuclear weapons are dangerous, so we shouldn't use radiation to try and cure cancer.
A better example, but still flawed. It's as if there was only kind of radioactive machine, and it had the settings "nuke" and "cure". Now hand them out to everyone who "really wants to cure" and spends years learning to do it. Eventually some of them are going to go haywire, and then "oh fuck", you need to hunt them down. By the time you do, how many people have died? With all we've seen, is sorcery doing more good or bad? For every person we've seen healed by sorcery, even counting potions, we've seen a dozen killed. Now we have an honest-to-god supervillain on our hands pumping out monsters created by sorcery.
Sorry, I'm with Bern here.