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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 1695267" data-attributes="member: 14159">Some things to think about with low-magic.Healing: Do you want PC's to hurt a lot more after fights, and be less able to go through lots of fights.  With less magical healing this becomes a big concern.  If you want lower magic but not a more lethal game, you might want to add Class Defense Bonuses, and nonmagical healing (like the Surgery feat from d20 Modern) should be available and encouraged.Monsters: If you're toning down the magic level, double-check the monsters you are using.  Damage Reduction Magic, or worse, Epic, becomes a lot more of a big deal.  SR isn't as much of a hindrance, but if the monster generally requires lots of magic to kill (or if it has abilities that generally require magic to counter) it should be considered a significantly higher CR.Classes: I'd suggest using a nonmagical variant of Paladin and Ranger to start, removing spells from the Assassin class (give them a bonus feat at every level they would get a new level of spells).  Perhaps limit Divine and Arcane magic to one base class each (Cleric and Wizard, Druid and Sorcerer, it's your call).  No Clerics means even less healing though.  Bard (if it exists at all) could just be a PrC.In some low magic games I run I have a meta-rule about party composition: one spellcaster in the party, that's it.  Helps keep magic rare (magic just doesn't feel that rare when half the party is spellcasters, even though very few NPC's are and they practically never run across MI's).  The Party actually went with a Bard for it's one spellcaster (Healing Magic, party buffs, and lots of utility magic), and just had that.If you want really low magic, get rid of all main spellcasting classes.  Spellcasting could be only available by Prestige Class, or you could have some feats that have to be taken at 1st level that give cantrip/orisons (like the Divine and Arcane Heritage feats from d20 Modern), and Incantations from Unearthed Arcana as your only PC-available magic.  Also, the style of play becomes more important, with less magic the more dungeon-crawl heavy-combat style of play becomes a lot harder, but a more roleplaying oriented game is less affected by game mechanics changes.</blockquote>

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