15 points
There must be.
Haven’t read it, yet, but I have high hopes for the Earthsea books.
9 points
Discworld would be a good example of fantasy that doesn’t follow this trope (pretty sure in that world anyone can study magic, but like everything else that doesn’t mean everyone is good at it).
5 points
9 points
As far as I can remember, the main character is just some random son of a smith.
6 points
Only just finished the first entry, and this is still the case by the end of that book at least. The main character does have a kind of “raw power” that goes beyond what others have innately, which is a bit exceptional-ising.
It’s hard to pin down, but the tone is more community oriented, and less about this one Special.
