<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=254080.msg12603469#msg12603469">Quote from: Miroque on 26-08-2016, 08:20:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">About magic and its clear indicators: <br/><br/>Spell component pouch.. is just an pouch (with small pockets inside). not an indicator.<br/>Holy symbol is exactly that.. holy symbol.. like Cross on necklace or Star of David or what ever else.. not like everyone with those are tossing spells around ?<br/><br/>Some indicators might work thou, like actual seeing one perform magic (and success on arcana / religion roll)<br/><br/>Of course, all depends on how common magic is in the world... if eveyrone and their dog casts spells, it might be easier, and/or if there is some laws conserning magic (like every wizard needs to have RED pouch for their spells.. (like in Forgotten Realms: Thay) or they are hunted being renegades..<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I don't necessarily disagree! That's why the big indicator is "seems to be willing to walk into violent situations while being basically starkers in terms of arms, armor and combat training." Unless this is Corruption of Champions (where striptease is a viable battle strategy), that means she's likely to have some alternative means of outputting violence i.e. magic.<br/><br/>If a guy has a staff it might just be a walking stick (and probably is, pre-vehicular travel involves a lot of walking sticks), but if a guy is walking toward peril with staff in hand you might go, "oh, yeah, could be a wizard." Particularly at a select gathering of adventurers (like the one we're at right now), particularly of the very sheltered Aleena, it's logical to assume "inborn magical talent" rather than "brought fists to a sword-fight, also those fists have clearly never hit anything tougher than bread dough."<br/><br/>(Well, really the first logical assumption is "she wasn't expecting things to start so soon and if she had been chosen she would've gone home and changed" but it's not<em>unreasonable</em>to assume that she's got the magic hands given the circumstances.)