i dont talk about magic much for.... a variety of reasons, but like. i keep seeing on twitter that Ritual Is The Only Way You Must Do It when that too is just a focusing tool and you can just like, do it
you dont need an hour of free time and 17$ of components
and people not saying there are other ways is probably part of the problem
anyway i'm going back to basically never talking about it, again
@nire *crawls out of my own hermit cave for a moment*
Honestly in my opinion (experience?) the only real advantage to ritual magic is that it can often help you focus and thus produce more consistent results, but beyond that, it's really a matter of personal inclination more than a Right or Wrong Method.
*crawls back into hermit cave*
@InspectorCaracal right, yep! but theres so so so much of people saying Its The Only Way on twitter
@nire Agreed 100%. Artificial reduction of options is never good!
@InspectorCaracal it doesnt help that the method of teaching is either 'here watch this' or 'uhhhh eventually you'll trip over it after throwing yourself at the wall' but like, yeah
@InspectorCaracal the most recent one that prompted it was like "there are only two types of magic! <one i literally havent heard of> and <another i literally havent heard of>" which always gives me a chuckle when things of the sort pass my glance <_<
@InspectorCaracal and like i guess its good for people making spell components and enchanted items but like
maaaybe thats not a good reason <_<