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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9671454" data-attributes="member: 6796468">"One D&D" is both 2014 and 2024 together. And in 2014 they included this:The Weave of MagicThe worlds within the D&D multiverse are magical places.All existence is suffused with magical power, and potentialenergy lies untapped in every rock, stream, and livingcreature, and even in the air itself. Raw magic is the stuff ofcreation, the mute and mindless will of existence, permeatingevery bit o f matter and present in every manifestation ofenergy throughout the multiverse.Mortals can’t directly shape this raw magic. Instead, theymake use o f a fabric o f magic, a kind o f interface betweenthe will of a spellcaster and the stuff o f raw magic. Thespellcasters of the Forgotten Realms call it the Weave andrecognize its essence as the goddess Mystra, but castershave varied ways o f naming and visualizing this interface. Byany name, without the Weave, raw magic is locked away andinaccessible;the most powerful archmage can't light a candlewith magic in an area where the Weave has been torn. Butsurrounded by the Weave, a spellcaster can shape lightningto blast foes, transport hundreds o f miles in the blink o f aneye, or even reverse death itself.All magic depends on the Weave, though different kindsof magic access it in a variety of ways. The spells of wizards,warlocks, sorcerers, and bards are commonly called arcanemagic. These spells rely on an understanding— learned orintuitive— of the workings o f the Weave. The caster plucksdirectly at the strands o f the Weave to create the desiredeffect. Eldritch knights and arcane tricksters also use arcanemagic. The spells of clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers arecalled divine magic. These spellcasters’ access to the Weaveis mediated by divine power— gods, the divine forces ofnature, or the sacred weight of a paladin’s oath.Whenever a magic effect is created, the threads of theWeave intertwine, twist, and fold to make the effect possible.When characters use divination spells such as detect magic oridentify, they glimpse the Weave. A spell such as dispel magicsmooths the Weave. Spells such as antimagic field rearrangethe Weave so that magic flows around, rather than through,the area affected by the spell. And in places where the Weaveis damaged or torn, magic works in unpredictable ways— ornot at all.Now you can say "That's not in D&D 2024's book!" all you like. But it's there, in a whole block in 2014. Which was the guiding principle for everything that lead to 2024's edition, which they've repeatedly said is not a "New Edition".When they say this part of the 2014 book is no longer relevant or canonical or whatever specific term they want to use, great. Until then it's still in effect as far as I can tell.And, at the very least, it was a pre-2024 stumbling block to making Dark Sun or any setting which didn't have the Weave or some equivalent.Ehhh... I think a setting that goes WAY HARD away from traditional or "Standard" fantasy is going to be a bigger problem for them to get past the board of directors.After all, Theros sold less than 40,000 hard copies. And we know it sold 14,000 copies in the first month because it was a Hardcover Fiction best seller in July of 2020 from links on the Wikipedia page for it.That said, I hope a 5e Dark Sun sells a million copies. I love the setting. I just don't anticipate it would sell well compared to Ravenloft.</blockquote>

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