Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-24516349-20140208174350/@comment-11571396-20140930165342

Dragonlover553 wrote: Magic, because ultimately, magic is bound to no laws. Not really. Also, I'm pretty sure I've worked out a way to bypass it's limitations: Solomon. Illegedly gained espur-like abilites through the magic of demon and djinn binding. Were a magician to use that as the basis of some spells, he'd bypass the one advantage espurs have over magicians: speed. An espur can use their power instantly, a magician requires an incantations at the very least. But an espur requires the enviornemt for his powers, a magician doesn't. An espur can only have one power, a magician can have them all.

The conception that magicians can do everything, is wrong. They are just guaranteed to be able to do something. No matter how flexible magic is compared to esper powers, magicians have clearly defined talents and weaknesses:

OT Volume 2 wrote: In order to call oneself a magician, the standard is to generally dabble in everything and afterwards discover a specialty that suits themselves.

Those that are able to find a specialty also directly implies that they are untalented at other fields of magic.

Stiyl is a runic magician because it is the field he is most talented in and specializes in it. Even if he technically can use any spell, it is awkward for him as he has already found his specialty in runes and flame magic. ie. he is untalented at other types of magic. We haven't seen him do anything outside of flames and runes for the most part either.

The only real advantage Magic ever had against science is that everyone can be above the equivalent of Lv.0s espers. But above a certain threshold, most of them are bound to hit a wall in certain categories and excel in others. Heck even in their own field, some magician aren't good as others.