: Re: Can I plug a loophole in my magic rules without rewriting the whole novel? I've gotten feedback for a complete draft of my WIP fantasy novel. Overall it's looking good, but a couple of friends

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Novice: Master, if I understand correctly, it looks to me like if we do [insert loop hole] that we could eventually gain unlimited power.
Master: Yes, that would be the case and in the early times of magical exploration many magic users tried this. All of them disintegrated. You see, because of the [insert closure of loophole] that means that beings in this realm cannot harness more than [insert maximum level of magical power].

I can't remember where I first read the phrase, possibly Science of the Discworld, but essentially this is "lies to children". You first tell them that gravity is 10 ms-2 and then when they are better at physics you explain that gravity is 9.8 ms-2 and then when they learn some more you explain that gravity is actually variable dependent on how close you are to a body.

So cover up your loophole by saying that what has been previously explained is an over simplification.

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