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<blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2929061" data-attributes="member: 13164">See, that's where I get annoyed in evaluation of Eberron.&nbsp; Magic is not as common as many people seem to think in standard D&amp;D.&nbsp; They see these things as &quot;nigh inevitable&quot; as you put it, but really, there isn't enough magic out there to have as large of an impact as some of the more vocal &quot;D&amp;D is too high-magic&quot; Enworlders would have you believe.&nbsp; Most of the people who rant about those kinds of things haven't worked out statistics to see how rare those things actually are; they simply assume that because the PCs find them they must be everywhere, and in mass quantities.I'm working on a thesis about the availability of magic in a standard D&amp;D society, and the amount of impact it would be able to have on world development.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it's a slow process due to attention being diverted elsewhere (such as to the forums).&nbsp; The thing I've learned the most from writing it is that magic items are way more rare and special than I ever thought.&nbsp; That's probably part of why Eberron bugs me–too many +1 swords around every corner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="genshou, post: 2929061, member: 13164"] See, that's where I get annoyed in evaluation of Eberron. Magic is not as common as many people seem to think in standard D&D. They see these things as "nigh inevitable" as you put it, but really, there isn't enough magic out there to have as large of an impact as some of the more vocal "D&D is too high-magic" Enworlders would have you believe. Most of the people who rant about those kinds of things haven't worked out statistics to see how rare those things actually are; they simply assume that because the PCs find them they must be [I]everywhere[/I], and in mass quantities. I'm working on a thesis about the availability of magic in a standard D&D society, and the amount of impact it would be able to have on world development. Unfortunately, it's a slow process due to attention being diverted elsewhere (such as to the forums). The thing I've learned the most from writing it is that magic items are way more rare and special than I ever thought. That's probably part of why Eberron bugs me–too many +1 swords around every corner. [/QUOTE]

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