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ARandomGod said:Extremely weak in comparison to what the game system the way it is written suggests they be fighting. They will still be strong compared to non-magical humans.
Really I say it depends on what you're talking about. You're asking if D&D can be played well low magic. The answer is a resounding YES. But that's because you're asking if Dungeons and Dragons, the genre, can be played with low magic. And many systems have been designed to do this.
3.X is not one of those systems. 3.X is a specific system, and while it is in the genre of D&D, it's not all of D&D. But 3.X is designed to be played with magic items, and you really cannot play 3.x without magic items. You can hack and chop at the 3.X system with house-rules, but then you're back to playing D&D, based losely on the system 3.X. You are certainly NOT, however, playing the 3.X game. And, speaking of houserules, 3.X is a system that does not respond well to house-rules (in comparison to others that are practically designed to be heavily house-ruled, and in fact have sets of suggestions about how to properly make up house-rules).
That's odd. While I agree with the basic thrust of your post (that D&D can be played with low access to magic items, but that doing so dramatically changes the feel of the game), I disagree with almost everything you've written.
