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There was a fantasy series of books a friend of mine was really into. And one of the things he explained was how magic always had a draw back. I.e. all the soldiers had endowments of strength, but the only way to gain the strength is to take it from someone else, and that person had to stay alive; otherwise the soldier loses the extra strength. Every soldier would have 10 endowments, so there were buildings full of people laying in beds being cared for because they didn't have their strength to take care of themselves.
 
But the soldiers would always show off by lifting full-grown cattle, which they could easily lift a cow, but their bones weren't stronger, so they'd snap their arms in half when trying to lift the cows.  
This gif made me think of it.

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There was a fantasy series of books a friend of mine was really into. And one of the things he explained was how magic always had a draw back. I.e. all the soldiers had endowments of strength, but the only way to gain the strength is to take it from someone else, and that person had to stay alive; otherwise the soldier loses the extra strength. Every soldier would have 10 endowments, so there were buildings full of people laying in beds being cared for because they didn't have their strength to take care of themselves.
But the soldiers would always show off by lifting full-grown cattle, which they could easily lift a cow, but their bones weren't stronger, so they'd snap their arms in half when trying to lift the cows.

"@Chuy Ryu":/2091817#comment_8295519
There was a fantasy series of books a friend of mine was really into. And one of the things he explained was how magic always had a draw back. I.e. all the soldiers had endowments of strength, but the only way to gain the strength is to take it from someone else, and that person had to stay alive; otherwise the soldier loses the extra strength. Every soldier would have 10 endowments, so there were buildings full of people laying in beds being cared for because they didn't have their strength to take care of themselves.
But the soldier would always show off by lifting full-grown cattle, which they could easily lift a cow, but their bones weren't stronger, so they'd snap their arms in half when trying to lift the cows.