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What is "grim and gritty" and "low magic" anyway?
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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 1420177" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>I agree 100% on that. I have played in both very high magic and very low magic campaigns (under the same DM) and had a great time with the campaigns. A high magic campaign can still be grim & gritty... I described a low magic game where, in the end, we faced down a demon and 8 of the 9 PCs had to sacrifice their lives to slow him down in order for the 9th PC to complete her mission. </p><p></p><p>However, a few years later, the same DM ran a campaign in the same gaming world, only this time the group was a bit smaller and it was very high magic. This time, in one climactic scene, my 12th level paladin and one other PC gave their lives to allow the rest of the party to escape from a horde of the same type of demon as the previous campaign's one demon. And, since we were on the demon's home plane, we both knew that we were also sacrificing our souls, as our gods would not be able to easily retrieve our souls from that plane. Great campaign as well, just as deadly and much sacrifice required...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 1420177, member: 10784"] I agree 100% on that. I have played in both very high magic and very low magic campaigns (under the same DM) and had a great time with the campaigns. A high magic campaign can still be grim & gritty... I described a low magic game where, in the end, we faced down a demon and 8 of the 9 PCs had to sacrifice their lives to slow him down in order for the 9th PC to complete her mission. However, a few years later, the same DM ran a campaign in the same gaming world, only this time the group was a bit smaller and it was very high magic. This time, in one climactic scene, my 12th level paladin and one other PC gave their lives to allow the rest of the party to escape from a horde of the same type of demon as the previous campaign's one demon. And, since we were on the demon's home plane, we both knew that we were also sacrificing our souls, as our gods would not be able to easily retrieve our souls from that plane. Great campaign as well, just as deadly and much sacrifice required... [/QUOTE]
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