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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3392648" data-attributes="member: 6562"><p>1/ Dragons, demons or angels come and eat anyone who attains too much magical power. Say, 10th level or so. You will NOT find anyone above that level on Earth, though you may find them hiding on another plane somewhere.</p><p></p><p>2/ Magic takes its toll on your sanity. You'll see crazier and crazier wizards (and sorcerers, and even clerics) as they get higher level, until they self destruct. Many become paranoid and start hunting other high-level casters... which often kills more than birds with just the one stone.</p><p></p><p>3/ Phase of Magic: every so often (once every hundred years or so), magic stops working for a while (say, a hundred years). Magic has just returned, and no-one is currently trained in its uses, since such training was impossible until just last week. Still, the old texts are intact, and you can start learning magic now... and in 99 years or so, when you are all Epic level whatevers, you may want to look into this magic disappearing thing. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious :]" data-shortname=":]" /></p><p></p><p>Cheers, -- N</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 3392648, member: 6562"] 1/ Dragons, demons or angels come and eat anyone who attains too much magical power. Say, 10th level or so. You will NOT find anyone above that level on Earth, though you may find them hiding on another plane somewhere. 2/ Magic takes its toll on your sanity. You'll see crazier and crazier wizards (and sorcerers, and even clerics) as they get higher level, until they self destruct. Many become paranoid and start hunting other high-level casters... which often kills more than birds with just the one stone. 3/ Phase of Magic: every so often (once every hundred years or so), magic stops working for a while (say, a hundred years). Magic has just returned, and no-one is currently trained in its uses, since such training was impossible until just last week. Still, the old texts are intact, and you can start learning magic now... and in 99 years or so, when you are all Epic level whatevers, you may want to look into this magic disappearing thing. :] Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]
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