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Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:How does having random powers make it unbelievable in terms of evolution? Evolution is random in itself

Mutation is random, but evolution is more than just random selection, it is the product of mutation and natural selection. As natural selection is not random, you would see non-useful abilities steadily weened out over time, while more useful abilities became more common.

Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:How does having random powers make it unbelievable in terms of evolution? Evolution is random in itself

Actually, my bad. I had misread something you wrote earlier. I kept reading random power for some reason when I assume you meant magic arose randomly?

Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:How does having random powers make it unbelievable in terms of evolution? Evolution is random in itself

Evolution is unpredictable, but not random. You could justify a sort of random effect in the same way that individual people are, in the colloquial sense, randomly given to certain genetic predilections like being stronger, faster, or tougher. So you could have individuals with a certain affinity for fire magic, or conjuration, or whatever.

Or, if you don't consider that important, you could simple say something like "Magic is weird, and no one really knows." though that doesn't seem to fit with the idea of magic as an evolutionary trait.