D&D (2024) Martial vs Caster: Removing the "Magical Dependencies" of high level.

Gammadoodler said:

No, the argument is if you don't use the word "magic" somewhere..

You don't get to do anything beyond earth-standard.

Unparalleled mastery
..nope try again
Thorough knowledge of skills of combat
..pftt
Well acquainted with death, meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face
..yawn.
Superior combatant
..nahhh.
Raw physical power honed to deadly perfection
..still haven't said the magic worrrrd

I'd love for 'elan' to be the one word that does the trick, but this seems unlikely.

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Yaarel said:

Elan?

Thats like having superpowers because of "gumption" or "grit" or "spunk".

Q. What is your origin story?
A. A sense of fashion.

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Gammadoodler said:

Have you met bards?

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HammerMan said:

So the fighter can’t have supernatural abailities becuse it doesn’t and it doesn't cause it can’t.
The line between what they can and can’t have is entirely made up.

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Yaarel said:

To me, Bards are Psionic magic, the will of a creative mind.

In any case, they are explicitly magical.

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Gammadoodler said:

Because of "the magic of song"..

Like it's not that far off from "fashion sense" as a narrative justification.

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Yaarel said:

Re Bard.

This "song" is formulating and focusing the magical intention. It is an intention to will reality into existence. The song of creation.

That is one of the reasons why the Psionic source fits the Bard best.

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Gammadoodler said:

Exactly..just like fashion sense.

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Hussar said:

On the point about Star Trek though. Couldn't be the answer to the whole "breaking a force effect"? You simply hit it so hard you ... reverse the polarity.

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Yaarel said:

Elan?

Thats like having superpowers because of "gumption" or "grit" or "spunk".

Q. What is your origin story?
A. A sense of fashion.

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