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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6278699" data-attributes="member: 5143">No, infinite magic is not bad because of those reasons.  In the same way that infinite breathing or infinite sitting isn't bad.  There are things that are perfectly fine being something you can do near constantly.It's only bad when things are infinite if they are very powerful things that can throw game balance and the story out of whack.  Otherwise, I have no problem giving my PCs the equivalent of a lighter.  Make small fires all you want.  But if you want the ability to blow an entire house up, it better be limited in some way to prevent you from blowing up every house you see.It's likely we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one since I don't think you'll agree with my assessment.Wait...you are only more powerful because you can cast more spells.  Unless we are considering hitpoints to be the be all end all of "how powerful are you".  It obviously differs from editions to edition but in 2e, for instance the difference between a 1st level cleric and a 9th level cleric is nearly non existent if they can both only cast 1st level spells.Basically, the god giving them more spells is what actually makes them more powerful.  Which is circular logic:  They are more powerful because they are more powerful.Plus, if deities are infinitely powerful, why ration anything?  Give all their followers 9th level spells immediately and theirs would be the most powerful clergy.  The only real reason I can see is that they use higher level spells as a reward for dedicated service more than anything else.  Either that or the god isn't actually granting the spells directly and is instead a mortal magic that just requires a divine power source.Either way, the explanation is sort of grasping at straws.  Gods have infinite power, their followers should have infinite power as well.  They don't because the game would be no fun if you can resurrect people at will or heal people to full hitpoints every round.  We have to limit those powers for the good of the game.Honestly, it's simply no better or worse than "I reach into my stamina reserves and perform a powerful maneuver.  But I can't do that very often."That's exactly my point:  People are made of flubber, explanations for spells are kind of silly, and plot hooks tend to fall out of the air whenever 4-6 adventurers are gathered in an inn.  There are so many silly things built into the rules because of genre conventions, fairness, balance, and fun that picking any particular one out and saying "That is the worst offender" is kind of difficult.That's correct.  I'm perfectly ok if nothing gets explained.  It's a game.  If it's fun, it doesn't need an explanation for everything.  Attempting to explain everything has only caused huge problems in my games in the past.  Now I'm more than willing to say "That's the way it is, there's no explanation for it."I'm not the biggest fan of spell slots and memorization.  But they have a lot of advantages.  They create a decent amount of game balance if done right while still giving players some amount of choice over the customization of their abilities.</blockquote>

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