But fighters in 5e are magical while dragon flight is not?
I don't get it.
That does sound pretty strange when you say it like that.
But fighters in 5e are magical while dragon flight is not?
I don't get it.
The issue is that in game terms, saying something is magical has specific meaning, and it doesn't mean a rock, though it might mean a Roc. Some of us like to not have terms muddled into uselessness, and a claim that the entire D&D universe is magical does just that.
Yes, I would agree that the game term for magical has a specific meaning.
However nothing in a DnD game makes sense if there is not an intrinsic magic to the world. It would be like arguing that there is no energy in a rock even though Einstein already proved that there is.
Yea, if you're using "magic" to mean a subset of supernatural effects, then we're talking right past each other. It feels more like you're talking about a "mana" or "quintessence" concept.Not everything that is supernatural has to be magic
I have a difficulty picturing a universal force that's also localized, but more power to you if it makes your cosmology feel cohesive.Sure it can!
Just make "magic" a fifth universal force (to go with gravity, electromagnetic, weak, and strong) that some lifeforms in some places can access and shape and you're good to rock!
My entire D&D physics concept is based on this simple premise.
Lanefan
You're standing on a bridge leaning on your spear. You're tired and got a sore back from having slept badly on rough ground. You've got a vivid bruise on your right arm and scraped knuckles on that hand.
How many hit points do you have?
Basically, I have trouble reconciling the idea that things like atoms and electromagnetic forces exist in the same universe where the building blocks of the universe are air, earth, fire, and water. Either a universe is mechanistic or it's supernatural, it can't be both.
We just use Newtonian mechanics to understand basic interactions in a fantasy universe because it's easier for us to imagine.
20 hit points.
Prove me wrong.
That makes absolutely no sense to me why someone would take such a hard line.
Somehow building blocks (earth, wind, air and fire) in a world of magic are devoid of any Newtonian science because hey supernatural world. I guess the use of gunpowder is supernatural too?
20 hit points.
Prove me wrong.