Wild Magic

Basic Information

A type of magic which has a will and agenda of it's own and will only help someone if it feels like it.

Sources

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunctionalMagic

Bibliography

1. full source reference

Game and Story Use

• The PCs might be able to make deals with the wild magic -they help it, it helps them. The help the magic wants might range from small favors to epic quests.
  • Combining Wild Magic and Black Magic - and having that be the only type available - results in a setting where those who dabble in Magic have made a Deal With The Devil, are feared by the populace at large and hunted by the authorities both secular and religious.
• If you set this up ahead of time, you might be able to justify a deus ex machina