Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25414732-20151220173101/@comment-24729606-20160923203645

Well I personally have always thought of magic as a skill although I would hesitate to call it a superpower because that just opens a box that is best left alone. Magic in my opinion is simply the ability to influence the natural world and/or causality in such a way that is benefits oneself or other beings in whose service one finds oneself. Whether one is talking about mere conjuring tricks or reshaping the natural order one will still have to practice, train, and study extensively to learn magic (regardless of what type or specialization one chooses to pursue). That said there are branches of magic more dangerous than others. Channeling and necromancy are perhaps the most dangerous. For the latter if one is channeling a being or creature too powerful, too unpredictable, or too dissimilar to one own species one runs the risk of the being or creature killing oneself or worse possessing you. Necromancy is perhaps the vilest of magics because it does something that is not supposed to be possible. Necromancy involves calling one back to the world of the loving someone whom has passed, died, or been killed. That is firstly a violation of the laws of nature and second if done wrong could become disastrous. If it's done night and the person comes back with their mind and faculties intact than its a chance to start over and live a better life than before. But if done wrong one could just have unleashed a zombie apocalypse scenario.