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That system already exists and is what is being "sprinkled" upon 5e. It is called 4e. HOWEVER. If you (generic you, not you specifically MuhVerisimilitude) object that literally anything transmundane is "magic", then 4e is going to be extremely disappointing. Because a 30th level 4e fighter...

How is Normal Guy happy? He never said he wanted to be an unpowered underdog. YOU wrote that in. Here is what he said: I want to play a character who doesn’t use any magic at all. Magic killed his parents, stole his girlfriend, and ran off with his dog. He never, ever, ever will use or do...

I see. So I can tell the first player, Magic McMagic, that he can't have fun. Cool. "Most" other systems? Care to [citation needed] that claim? How, though? What system accomplishes my goal to have both Magic McMagic and Normal Guy played at my table, both having fun, at the same time? I...

Well, that’s done and dusted. Now we can wake up and have a super awkward conversation with Tobias de Vantery wherein he mentions his brother Augustus and then says, “Hey, is that a flying carpet sticking out of your pack, or are you just happy to see me?”

So let me ask this: you are a DM and you get two players in your new D&D campaign. One says: I want to play a character who uses magic, magic, and more magic. He’s super magical. The other says: I want to play a character who doesn’t use any magic at all. Magic killed his parents, stole his...

Commentary: …the handsome man introduces himself as Garn of Ristling… What is with these names, Morris Simon? Marla Delling Carr Delling Arno Garn That’s enough “arrrrr!” sounds for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Well, we do know this area has a history of piracy and named the strait...

154 In a very long section, the handsome man introduces himself as Garn of Ristling in the west country, who was until last month "Knight Paladin in the personal service of His Excellency, Oram the First, Archcleric of Saven, Highpriest of Blessed--" We interrupt and tell Garn to skip the...

I roll to disbelieve.

By this definition, every action movie features magical characters.

I cannot reconcile the cozy cottagecore ethos with the most evil of all dice, the d4.

If Odysseus and Atalanta are Magic then everyone is Magic and it’s meaningless.

So far it feels like not-Skyrim with weirder lore. But, I'll give it a shot.

AD&D didn't have any assumed math. It was all seat-of-the-pants. (That might've been your point, though?)

Point of order: as far back as 1e AD&D, your high level fighter (and probably the fighting-man in OD&D, but I'm not that old) got a lot of his power from the magical equipment that he carried. Widespread magic has always, ALWAYS been a part of D&D. Maybe not innate to your fighter-ness, but...

Commentary: any other paladin with the Detect Magic spell... any paladin with Detect Magic will be able to track us wherever we go... Paladins in AD&D did not have their own spell list. Instead, starting at level 9, they gained a limited number of cleric spells, capping out at 4th level spells...

205 The cavalier’s eyes widen and he stares deeply at us. He leans forward and says that he doesn’t know who we are or why we brought such a powerful magic weapon to this “city of evil”, but that any other paladin with the Detect Magic spell will also be able to sense the size of our sceptre...

Commentary: Most men find her supple curves and hazel eyes irresistible… I know I do! Also, “supple curves”? Yowza! … this one doesn’t seem to notice her wild beauty. In fact, he pays more attention to the enchanted bardian flute stuck in her belt. ”Wild beauty” is officially Dalris’s...

We know that Arno has corrupted the paladins, but this still seems like a great opportunity to gather some information firsthand. Plus, anyone with a description that elaborate must be an important NPC. 149 We urge the “handsome young cavalier” to sit and share our greasy FREE STEW with us...

I got a fever, and the only prescription, is SHEET LIGHTNING.

You'll be glad to know that in 4e, (almost) all Daily powers deal damage on a miss, so you can miss with a greatsword or a dagger or a wizard's staff casting a spell or a cleric's holy symbol casting a different kind of spell or a monk's feet or a psion's mental powers... and all those will do...