# What are your preferred magic systems when it comes to how much and how long it can be used?

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**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-preferred-magic-systems-when-it-comes-to-how-much-and-how-long-it-can-be-used/982600 "2023-04-13T00:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-preferred-magic-systems-when-it-comes-to-how-much-and-how-long-it-can-be-used/982600/21 "2023-04-15T15:20:26Z")

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Aw, you’re no fun anymore… spoiling things with science…

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-preferred-magic-systems-when-it-comes-to-how-much-and-how-long-it-can-be-used/982600/22 "2023-04-15T20:22:43Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> But the spellcasters who do it that way aren’t very powerful: One spellcaster early on in the books considers himself the Big Cheese of wizards because he can hold a whole FIVE spells in his memory at once.

But they were some really kick ass spells, and wizards could do things like detecting magic without a spell.

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