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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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Handling magic items (in an armoury) or holy items in a temple, working with wizards or sorcerers, exploring old tombs and ruins that might have wards, being test subjects for spellcastings (especially shapeshifting or translocation magics), and so on.
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Oh, yes. Many have awakened their Gift in great grief, or rage, because they or their community has suffered great loss.
Such as teens who've spied on a local wizard casting spells, and when their village gets raided, furiously try to duplicate that spellcasting--and it works!
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