Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Guns in your world, and in mine!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 6903602" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>Completely sure, at least in case of arcane magic. Even divine and nature magic is, at most, mysterious in terms of where it comes from. How it works is predictable. Arcane magic is straight up scientific. </p><p></p><p>Eberron is a fantasy setting, and would be regardless of the elements you list. The Silver Flame isn't even especially mysterious. Heck, divine magic comes from faith, and most clergy and such know that. Again, mysterious to commoners perhaps, but not to the people using it. </p><p>The lightning rail is a fantasy world element. It isn't sci fi, at all. Warforged and airships, either. They are all powered and/or created by magic, in a fantastical world that runs on magic. That is fantasy. </p><p></p><p>A world where the street lights are powered by a magic ritual, ships fly through the air because magically boyant wood and bound elementals, and there are beings made of living wood and stone who think and feel and can access divine (faith based) magics just as well as any human, and thus very well might have souls, is a fantasy world. </p><p></p><p>or perhaps you think Harry Potter isn't fantasy? Magic is understood, studied in school, predictable, and permeates every part of life, from flying buses to healing potions. </p><p></p><p>A fantasy world is fantasy because because it is fantastical, not because magic is mysterious and can't be understood. </p><p></p><p>An adventure set on the Lightning Rail, dealing with the system that moves the thing forward, would absolutely be fantasy. It's a magical floating train! I don't remember for sure, but the forward momentum probably either comes from a bound elemental, or the same magic that makes the thing float.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 6903602, member: 6704184"] Completely sure, at least in case of arcane magic. Even divine and nature magic is, at most, mysterious in terms of where it comes from. How it works is predictable. Arcane magic is straight up scientific. Eberron is a fantasy setting, and would be regardless of the elements you list. The Silver Flame isn't even especially mysterious. Heck, divine magic comes from faith, and most clergy and such know that. Again, mysterious to commoners perhaps, but not to the people using it. The lightning rail is a fantasy world element. It isn't sci fi, at all. Warforged and airships, either. They are all powered and/or created by magic, in a fantastical world that runs on magic. That is fantasy. A world where the street lights are powered by a magic ritual, ships fly through the air because magically boyant wood and bound elementals, and there are beings made of living wood and stone who think and feel and can access divine (faith based) magics just as well as any human, and thus very well might have souls, is a fantasy world. or perhaps you think Harry Potter isn't fantasy? Magic is understood, studied in school, predictable, and permeates every part of life, from flying buses to healing potions. A fantasy world is fantasy because because it is fantastical, not because magic is mysterious and can't be understood. An adventure set on the Lightning Rail, dealing with the system that moves the thing forward, would absolutely be fantasy. It's a magical floating train! I don't remember for sure, but the forward momentum probably either comes from a bound elemental, or the same magic that makes the thing float. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Guns in your world, and in mine!
Top