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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7175759" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>I have to disagree with this last bit, a little. Whether magic is at will or daily makes little difference to blowing the 'low magic' vibe (though, of course, it all depends on what you mean by 'low magic,' too). </p><p></p><p>If magic can be used systematically, without risk or price, by anyone who learns how to do it, yeah, that blows low magic, whether you're systematically plinking away with an eldritch bolt every 6 seconds, or casting a wall of iron 1/day, every day, to undermine an economy. </p><p></p><p>OTOH, if the character tossing eldritch bolts is one in a million, can't do much more magic than that in combat and/or without risking severe consequences, and, if a PC, actually doing less damage with his eldritch bolts than the same-level PC archer is with his arrows, that's not so bad. The setting is still 'low magic' and, on the PC side, the magic isn't overpowered or overversatile or prone to the kinds of systematic (ab)use that can shatter the sense of that magic being rare and limited.</p><p></p><p> There are potentially a lot of ways to do that. D&D casters have, historically, not had as much, as easy, or as safe magic as in 5e. It'd be simple to re-instate some of the limitations on casting, including spell interruption and slot loss, for instance. Imagine if spells all had a full-round casting time. You start casting with your action, on the start of your next turn, the spell goes off. You could still cast 1 spell/round, it's just if you get hit while you're casting *poof* (or, make a concentration check, I suppose, if we want easy mode). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7175759, member: 996"] I have to disagree with this last bit, a little. Whether magic is at will or daily makes little difference to blowing the 'low magic' vibe (though, of course, it all depends on what you mean by 'low magic,' too). If magic can be used systematically, without risk or price, by anyone who learns how to do it, yeah, that blows low magic, whether you're systematically plinking away with an eldritch bolt every 6 seconds, or casting a wall of iron 1/day, every day, to undermine an economy. OTOH, if the character tossing eldritch bolts is one in a million, can't do much more magic than that in combat and/or without risking severe consequences, and, if a PC, actually doing less damage with his eldritch bolts than the same-level PC archer is with his arrows, that's not so bad. The setting is still 'low magic' and, on the PC side, the magic isn't overpowered or overversatile or prone to the kinds of systematic (ab)use that can shatter the sense of that magic being rare and limited. There are potentially a lot of ways to do that. D&D casters have, historically, not had as much, as easy, or as safe magic as in 5e. It'd be simple to re-instate some of the limitations on casting, including spell interruption and slot loss, for instance. Imagine if spells all had a full-round casting time. You start casting with your action, on the start of your next turn, the spell goes off. You could still cast 1 spell/round, it's just if you get hit while you're casting *poof* (or, make a concentration check, I suppose, if we want easy mode). ;) [/QUOTE]
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