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Many (more than a third) of all sentient beings in the Realms who have the Gift didn't exhibit it at all at birth, or youth, until an event "awakened" it.
Many such events involve a being getting touched directly by magic for the first time, such as getting...
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@TheEdVerse Hi there! Sorry to bother you, but I met quite a conundrum and I hoped you could help me. I am currently running a commoner/giftless campaign set in FR, and I kinda wanted to give the players the option to upgrade their commoners to full player characters at the end.
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...caught in the area of effect of a spell (needn't be a combat spell, could be light or faerie fire), handling a magic item or touching an artifact, stepping through a ward they may not even know is there (i.e. across a temple doorway), and so on.
Even if they...
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...got tested for the Gift when young, and the test showed nothing at all, that doesn't mean they didn't have it, or wouldn't later get it. Brains change and develop throughout life.
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A missing comment, "Explains why my fighter might pick up some wizard levels after traveling with one for a while.", was responded as follows: x.com/TheEdVerse/status/1755…
Indeed. And every time the party cleric casts Bless on fellow party members, there's a chance one or more of them will manifest their Gift. They not even know it at the time.
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Mar 17, 2026 · 3:41 PM UTC