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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8357637" data-attributes="member: 58172">I view D&amp;D classes as fighting styles, whether employing swords or spells as military technology.Class spells are tightly packaged weapons and tools.Just like the sword of a fighter or rogue is normally unable to do the narrative-altering effects of myth and folkbelief, so too the spell of a bard or a wizard is normally unable to do the effects.The big magic can normally exist as rituals, such as to make a city float.Meanwhile, a fighter should be able to use downtime research and quests for Blacksmiths tools to forge a magic sword. A wizard can locate or invent a new noncombat ritual. And backgrounds and feats at first level can tap into mythic themes. A human can be preternaturally strong if using a feat to boost Strength along with an outsized carrying capacity. And so on.I feel the only thing that gets in the way of storytelling, is the assumptions of the Forgotten Realms setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8357637, member: 58172"] I view D&D classes as fighting styles, whether employing swords or spells as military technology. Class spells are tightly packaged weapons and tools. Just like the sword of a fighter or rogue is normally unable to do the narrative-altering effects of myth and folkbelief, so too the spell of a bard or a wizard is normally unable to do the effects. The big magic can normally exist as rituals, such as to make a city float. Meanwhile, a fighter should be able to use downtime research and quests for Blacksmiths tools to forge a magic sword. A wizard can locate or invent a new noncombat ritual. And backgrounds and feats at first level can tap into mythic themes. A human can be preternaturally strong if using a feat to boost Strength along with an outsized carrying capacity. And so on. I feel the only thing that gets in the way of storytelling, is the assumptions of the Forgotten Realms setting. [/QUOTE]

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