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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 5053185" data-attributes="member: 3424">While not explicit, it seems to be the idea behind sentences such as:&quot;Because one is an exercise of creativity using a spell which is a mainstay of D&amp;D&quot; - why just spells and not any other abilities?&quot;Then there's the fact that magic is special&quot; - why just magic and not any other type of skill?I agree that magic is just a skill of a different nature. At least, it should be - which was my entire point. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And IMO, part of the attraction of RPGs (at least to me) is that characters are capable of achieving any goal, at least in theory, although not necessarily immediately and certainly not necessarily easily. To me, the choice of what skill to use should be like the choice of what road to take to Rome: they should all get you there eventually, but you may experience different obstacles depending on your choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 5053185, member: 3424"] While not explicit, it seems to be the idea behind sentences such as: "Because one is an exercise of creativity using a spell which is a mainstay of D&D" - why just spells and not any other abilities? "Then there's the fact that magic is special" - why just magic and not any other type of skill? I agree that magic is just a skill of a different nature. At least, it should be - which was my entire point. :) And IMO, part of the attraction of RPGs (at least to me) is that characters are capable of achieving any goal, at least in theory, although not necessarily immediately and certainly not necessarily easily. To me, the choice of what skill to use should be like the choice of what road to take to Rome: they should all get you there eventually, but you may experience different obstacles depending on your choice. [/QUOTE]

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