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<blockquote data-quote="Red Wyrmling" data-source="post: 1602754" data-attributes="member: 17217">I guess that D&amp;D magic is considered reliable by most.I think it just depends on how inventive both DM and spellcasting player are. I've played the confused gnomish spellcaster lately and have found that my party found MY magic rather unreliable. Fireballs tended to hurt the party equally or even more the the opponents.As a DM I've even played it meaner letting players trust in their magic and then warp it to something strange. Oftentimes striking at it's caster instead of it's target.But then again being reliable untill proving not to be is something that goes for technology too.So therefor I state: MAGIC IS TECHNOLOGY.If a medieval dude ends up in New York City he'll see magic all about, not technology. Vice versa, if an engineer from New York would end up in a fantasy world where he witnessed magic he would try to find a reasonable, scientific explanation (or wonder what he's on this time!).Therefore I also state: TECHNOLOGY IS MAGIC.After this useless addition to an otherwise interesting discussion, I'll leave my brain to sleep for the rest of the year and salute thee all!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Red Wyrmling, post: 1602754, member: 17217"] I guess that D&D magic is considered reliable by most. I think it just depends on how inventive both DM and spellcasting player are. I've played the confused gnomish spellcaster lately and have found that my party found MY magic rather unreliable. Fireballs tended to hurt the party equally or even more the the opponents. As a DM I've even played it meaner letting players trust in their magic and then warp it to something strange. Oftentimes striking at it's caster instead of it's target. But then again being reliable untill proving not to be is something that goes for technology too. So therefor I state: MAGIC IS TECHNOLOGY. If a medieval dude ends up in New York City he'll see magic all about, not technology. Vice versa, if an engineer from New York would end up in a fantasy world where he witnessed magic he would try to find a reasonable, scientific explanation (or wonder what he's on this time!). Therefore I also state: TECHNOLOGY IS MAGIC. After this useless addition to an otherwise interesting discussion, I'll leave my brain to sleep for the rest of the year and salute thee all! [/QUOTE]

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