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All it takes is one god spending a Free Point to give a species (or ten) access to magic. Or just create a species that inherently has magic.

Is there some sort of Geneva Convention where we all agree not to let the mortals learn how to become a bunch of little Gandalfs? Has Vestec signed this pact? :lol
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Well, he hasn't signed the one regarding biological warfare. >_>

Anyway, yeah, my point was more that it would make sense for the impact of magic to scale with development of civilisations. Not necessarily in a one-to-one scaling, but I reckon it shouldn't be the equivalent of arming Ug with an assault rifle at the start of his history.