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There is absolutely no reason this needs to be the case. If it’s your preference, fine, but it’s no more or less valid a choice than a fantastical setting where things that would be extraordinary in real life are in fact ordinary. And it’s most certainly not the default assumption of D&D...

True!

It certainly could be. That’s the thing about fiction, you can write it however you want.

Lmao FATAL isn’t exactly a shining example of realism either. I daresay it’s far less realistic even than D&D. Yeah, that would also work.

The problem is fighters are capped at going toe-to-toe with dragons, while Wizards reach the point of being able to call in an orbital strike on them from the safety of a comfy Demiplane.

If the game is going to have any semblance of balance, high level fighters need Goku levels of power to keep up with high-level casters. If you want a more grounded setting, you need to cap caster’s’ capabilities as well as martials. Something like E6 works well for that.

See, I would argue that Tolkien is a great example of a setting where things that are beyond mundane happen and aren’t necessarily magical. Elven crafts do things we would consider miraculous but to elves is just… good craftsmanship. Hobbits are generally not considered magical folk, but they...

No, just the ones of like… 12th level or so and up.

Remember, we’re having this conversation in the context of what martial classes characters’ limits should be. What is possible in real life may be more important to you personally than what is possible in-character, but it does not matter for setting the parameters of martial characters’...

I think a level cap is a smart idea if you want a more grounded feel to the game. But I appreciate that higher levels are available for players who want a super-powered game.

I was referring to the prophet, who was a man as far as I’m aware. I admit I’m not familiar with the woman you’re referring to.

That sounds so cool though!

That’s a perfectly acceptable default in leiu of knowing someone’s preference. But I don’t want to be referred to as they/them, which is why I made my preference easily accessible public information. Again, if you didn’t notice that in my title, I would rather you have asked. What’s done is...

That’s a perfectly fine thing to want, but you can’t really have PC wizards casting meteor swarm in that kind of game, unless you’re willing to completely throw any semblance of gameplay balance out the window. This whole tangent started from a quote about high level fighters being Achilles and...

An in-universe perspective is all that matters when it comes to setting the parameters of martial characters’ capabilities. If you want to say a Barbarian’s rage is “magic” from a real-world perspective… ok, so what? It doesn’t have to be Magic from an in-character perspective, so it shouldn’t...