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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4800471" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>I think you're on the right track, though you have to distinguish between high/low magic in terms of power and in terms of commonality.</p><p></p><p>You could have a world in which the ability to use magic is linked to a genetic condition as rare as a left-handed, naturally red-headed, black hermaphrodite- IOW, extremely low incidence of magic- but the mages who exist are tremendously powerful.</p><p></p><p>Or you could have a world in which magic is as common as dandelions in the Summer, but very powerful magic is rare to the point of being virtually unheard of. The powerful mages of legend are just that- legends- capable of changing reality with a gesture. Nobody in living memory is known to have magic of that kind of power.</p><p></p><p>And so forth.</p><p></p><p>And the thing is, every mix of common/rare powerful/weak can be found in some kind of FRPG.</p><p></p><p>By and large, the core D&D books (of all editions), seem to me to represent the average, medium-powerful fantasy realm and the associated costs. As rarity increases or decreases, alter your price structure accordingly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4800471, member: 19675"] I think you're on the right track, though you have to distinguish between high/low magic in terms of power and in terms of commonality. You could have a world in which the ability to use magic is linked to a genetic condition as rare as a left-handed, naturally red-headed, black hermaphrodite- IOW, extremely low incidence of magic- but the mages who exist are tremendously powerful. Or you could have a world in which magic is as common as dandelions in the Summer, but very powerful magic is rare to the point of being virtually unheard of. The powerful mages of legend are just that- legends- capable of changing reality with a gesture. Nobody in living memory is known to have magic of that kind of power. And so forth. And the thing is, every mix of common/rare powerful/weak can be found in some kind of FRPG. By and large, the core D&D books (of all editions), seem to me to represent the average, medium-powerful fantasy realm and the associated costs. As rarity increases or decreases, alter your price structure accordingly. [/QUOTE]
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