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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5119588" data-attributes="member: 20741">Exactly. That was the point of it. It justifies a medieval feel to something that really shouldn't be like that if magic worked per standard, while still giving the PCs all the benefits of wielding magic in a FRPG setting.The mechanic prevents the PCs from using their magic to &quot;take over&quot; in non-magical kingdoms as well, which is a nice side-effect, too. Really though, it doesn't nerf the PCs - it nerfs the NPCs, but does so in a way that prevents the PCs from then taking advantage of the situation. I came up with the idea initially because I was really dissatisfied with both teleportation and magic items for-sale -as-commodities in the marketplace, the two aspects of most FRPG game systems which are very much at odds with most fantasy literature.&nbsp; The standard fantasy novel (well, before the &quot;gaming fiction&quot; era of the 90s at least) is a place where magic is relatively rare and places far away are mysterious, hard to reach and news travels slowly. With this mechanic, that aspect to a standard fantasy setting is once again &quot;believable&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5119588, member: 20741"] [B]Exactly.[/B] That was the point of it. It justifies a medieval feel to something that [I]really[/I] shouldn't be like that if magic worked per standard, while still giving the PCs all the benefits of wielding magic in a FRPG setting. The mechanic prevents the PCs from using their magic to "take over" in non-magical kingdoms as well, which is a nice side-effect, too. Really though, it doesn't nerf the PCs - [I][B]it nerfs the NPCs[/B][/I], but does so in a way that prevents the PCs from then taking advantage of the situation. I came up with the idea initially because I was really dissatisfied with both teleportation and magic items for-sale -as-commodities in the marketplace, the two aspects of most FRPG game systems which are very much at odds with most fantasy literature. The standard fantasy novel (well, before the "gaming fiction" era of the 90s at least) is a place where magic is [I]relatively[/I] rare and places far away are mysterious, hard to reach and news travels slowly. With this mechanic, that aspect to a standard fantasy setting is once again "believable". [/QUOTE]

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