Quote Originally Posted by hamishspence View Post
Using that logic - everything channels power from an external source - the Weave, or alternative "the raw magic that makes the universe work" from which the strands of the Weave are woven.
If you want to be technical, then yes, it's true. But *what* gives them the capacity to channel that power?

For Clerics, that capacity is external: a deity or principle is giving them access to that power.

For Paladins, that capacity is internal: they're accessing it without intermediaries, only through the shape of their devotion.

Wizards spend years studying how to gain that capacity to access power.