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Druid, Ranger & Barbarian: What distinguishes the magic of the Primal classes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdweller00" data-source="post: 9101833" data-attributes="member: 6778479"><p>The issue is that IMO there is zero mechanical or thematic need to have these classes practice different types of magic. In fact, I am of the opinion that it is entirely better for worldbuilding if they do not. The classes each represent different regimens of training, each with their unique foci, customs, and biases (or more accurately different ranges thereof).</p><p></p><p>In the real world we have a host of professions that have significant overlap in knowledge and education base, but nevertheless distinct roles. For example Doctors, Nurses, and Diagnostic Imagers (e.g. "rad techs") all study medical knowledge. However, doctors focus on diagnosis and treatment of disease processes, nurses focus on patient care (mostly), and diagnostic imagers focus on imaging relevant parts of the human body.</p><p></p><p>Ymmv, but.... fey are the most iconic of nature spirits. And share common mythical roots with real world druids. Your assertion that fey magic is somehow not druidic seems fairly nonsensical to me, particularly given the number of fey-themed druidic subclasses and abilities. Warlocks, of course, practice arcane magic - but that could as easily be using a slightly different approach to accomplish the same thing. We already know there is some overlap between divine and arcane magic, as bards cast arcane variations of divine spells like Healing Word. I also have no problems with a sect of druids devoted to dragons. I might even have created such a thing in the past. Several dragon types classically have naturalistic abilities in fact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowdweller00, post: 9101833, member: 6778479"] The issue is that IMO there is zero mechanical or thematic need to have these classes practice different types of magic. In fact, I am of the opinion that it is entirely better for worldbuilding if they do not. The classes each represent different regimens of training, each with their unique foci, customs, and biases (or more accurately different ranges thereof). In the real world we have a host of professions that have significant overlap in knowledge and education base, but nevertheless distinct roles. For example Doctors, Nurses, and Diagnostic Imagers (e.g. "rad techs") all study medical knowledge. However, doctors focus on diagnosis and treatment of disease processes, nurses focus on patient care (mostly), and diagnostic imagers focus on imaging relevant parts of the human body. Ymmv, but.... fey are the most iconic of nature spirits. And share common mythical roots with real world druids. Your assertion that fey magic is somehow not druidic seems fairly nonsensical to me, particularly given the number of fey-themed druidic subclasses and abilities. Warlocks, of course, practice arcane magic - but that could as easily be using a slightly different approach to accomplish the same thing. We already know there is some overlap between divine and arcane magic, as bards cast arcane variations of divine spells like Healing Word. I also have no problems with a sect of druids devoted to dragons. I might even have created such a thing in the past. Several dragon types classically have naturalistic abilities in fact. [/QUOTE]
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