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How would you expound on the concept of a type of magic based on the concept of "If you can get at least one other person of sound mind to sincerely believe that you have 'already' cast a spell (even though you really have not), then that spell retroactively becomes real"?
It is the power of belief made manifest by proxy. Assume that the setting already has commonplace spellcasters, and that these charlatan casters are rare and clandestine.
For example, if you can convince someone else that person that you have cast a spell that lets you manipulate fire, and you "prove" it by performing some sleight-of-hand tricks with matches, then reality retcons you as having actually granted yourself temporary fire-manipulating powers.
If you convince someone that you have already mind controlled them, by saying something like "You already follow me when I tell you to do something stupid; how is that mind control of mine working out for you?", then they actually fall under your mental influence.
If you convince an enemy that you have cursed them to misfortune by bringing up the strokes of bad luck they have just experience, then you really do hex them into a malign kismet.
The smarter and more perceptive the person you fool, the more powerful the spell is. If you can get crowds to believe a "spell," it grows even stronger; this is easily the most powerful aspect of this type of magic.
If the observers believe you to be weak, then your spells are weak. Conversely, if they think you to be a mighty magician, then your spells are similarly empowered.
How would dispelling, counterspelling, or otherwise reversing spells work under this type of magic?
It is the power of belief made manifest by proxy. Assume that the setting already has commonplace spellcasters, and that these charlatan casters are rare and clandestine.
For example, if you can convince someone else that person that you have cast a spell that lets you manipulate fire, and you "prove" it by performing some sleight-of-hand tricks with matches, then reality retcons you as having actually granted yourself temporary fire-manipulating powers.
If you convince someone that you have already mind controlled them, by saying something like "You already follow me when I tell you to do something stupid; how is that mind control of mine working out for you?", then they actually fall under your mental influence.
If you convince an enemy that you have cursed them to misfortune by bringing up the strokes of bad luck they have just experience, then you really do hex them into a malign kismet.
The smarter and more perceptive the person you fool, the more powerful the spell is. If you can get crowds to believe a "spell," it grows even stronger; this is easily the most powerful aspect of this type of magic.
If the observers believe you to be weak, then your spells are weak. Conversely, if they think you to be a mighty magician, then your spells are similarly empowered.
How would dispelling, counterspelling, or otherwise reversing spells work under this type of magic?
