>Sky's also from Barsaive, which, if it is anything at all like the
>canon LRG/FASA Barsaive (not saying that it is but that's the
>assumption), uses magic like it's going out of style. Picture a
>Magical Revolution instead of an Industrial, and that's Barsaive.
>Everything from magically powered cookpots to flying ships. For him,
>magic would be as common as electricity. If someone did not know/use
>magic, that'd be unusual.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that (in LRG/FASA Barsaive) only Adepts actually perform magic... and that Adepts aren't really all that common.

Knowing of and/or being able to use a magical device isn't the same as actually being able to fire off a spell. The former is easy (well, relatively :). The latter is what takes training, and even on Barsaive, it's still limited to those who are willing to train for quite a long time.

If anything, I think Barsaivian magic would take longer to learn than certain other styles in UF... it's very regimented, and all that mucking around with spell matrices is a pain in the ass. ;)

--truss.