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I like this approach. It's open ended in picking what kind of magic we use, and it only makes sense that there would be teachers that instruct students how to do certain things with it. I'm just double checking that you did intend for us to only start with one affinity this way then (and only from among Air, Earth, Fire and Water), and we'd have to learn others as we go?
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Well, we can probably say they learned some from their parents or mentors in high school, so that they can start the RP with some knowledge of other elements beyond the one they're attuned to. For instance, let's say a character was born attuned to the Plane of Air, but then learned from an uncle how to draw Mana from the Plane of Fire to create tiny flame tornadoes or something. They can still use magic from different Planes, we can just say their attuned one is easiest to use, kind of like cantrips in D&D.