Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
In that case, the explanation would need to be in the class description, rather than the heritage.
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Remathilis
Legend
I'd buy that if ..
That potential was not limited to people with one of the 13 character class expressions.
Every race in D&D didn't have the exact same potential.
Remathilis
Legend
There are lots of people who claim to practice magic, engage in faith healing and miracle working, or possess psychic powers. I don't think the case is absolutely open and shut about Earth humans. YMMV.
Gammadoodler
Hero
This is equally true of physical limitations. Fictional examples abound there as well.
Gammadoodler
Hero
Then it's a myopic viewpoint and kinda silly.
"I'm a human, therefore every fantasy race must be like me" is a conclusion in the face of contrary evidence.
He has potential!I'm not sure about that ..
Gammadoodler
Hero
Honestly not sure what you mean here.
Gammadoodler
Hero
If this is the case, then obviously we should be modeling D&D magic off of these folks, right?
I, for one, am excited to see how the Miss Cleo version of spellcaster does in combat.
Gammadoodler
Hero
In which case the heritage does not matter and should have no meaningful bearing on whether the ability should exist.
So, basically, the earth human yardstick some folks like to use has no meaningful utility here.
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Chaosmancer
Legend
Yeah, this is the absolute strangest part of this entire discussion.
"Why can't my fighter shoulder charge through a steel wall?"
"Well, a normal human from earth can't do that."
"He's a giant-blooded goliath who can trivially out-wrestle actual 12-ft tall giants?"
"Well... if we gave the fighter the ability to do that, then the human would need a magical reason to be able to do that, but they are only members of a fantasy world, full of magic, who can learn magic and magical martial arts, and canonically have multiple different supernatural bloodlines running through their veins... so fighters need to be limited to what normal humans from earth might be able to do. Because otherwise it wouldn't make sense for human fighters to do those supernatural things."
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