Simlasa
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I'm curious how people explain (or don't explain) summoning in the fantasy games they run... what is going on when a wizard summons/conjures a thing?
Is it created out of thin air?
Does it attract a creature that is already nearby?
Does it open some sort of magic portal and pull the creature through?
Where does conjured food and water come from?
Is the magic than can summon a thing similar to the magic that can open a portal to the place the thing came from (does summoning create a portal?)?
Do people care if there are vaguely consistent magical 'laws' about such things?
Part of the reason I'm asking is because I'm working on a fantasy setting where magical portals are destructive to the fabric of reality... so I'm wondering if I want to label summoning as being something similar.
Is it created out of thin air?
Does it attract a creature that is already nearby?
Does it open some sort of magic portal and pull the creature through?
Where does conjured food and water come from?
Is the magic than can summon a thing similar to the magic that can open a portal to the place the thing came from (does summoning create a portal?)?
Do people care if there are vaguely consistent magical 'laws' about such things?
Part of the reason I'm asking is because I'm working on a fantasy setting where magical portals are destructive to the fabric of reality... so I'm wondering if I want to label summoning as being something similar.