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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 2929747" data-attributes="member: 18280">Magic in the D&amp;D RAW is unlike anything found in nature, and unlike anything real world history and politics have had to deal with. The only example worlds we can describe are fictional, and 3e D&amp;D worlds are more like superhero comics than most fantasy novels. In fact, they employ the same conceit: the villians do not take over the world because the heroes always arise to stop them; the heroes don't change the world significantly with their vast powers because they are always too busy with the villians.Of course, then you can examine D&amp;D worlds, and the games that occur within them. Are the PCs very nationalistic? Unless artificially constrained by the DM, do they use their powers only for good? Do they kill people and rob them of their stuff? You can only posit a world in which magic is exploited by the masses if you ignore PC behavior in favor of very dubious assumptions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 2929747, member: 18280"] Magic in the D&D RAW is unlike anything found in nature, and unlike anything real world history and politics have had to deal with. The only example worlds we can describe are fictional, and 3e D&D worlds are more like superhero comics than most fantasy novels. In fact, they employ the same conceit: the villians do not take over the world because the heroes always arise to stop them; the heroes don't change the world significantly with their vast powers because they are always too busy with the villians. Of course, then you can examine D&D worlds, and the games that occur within them. Are the PCs very nationalistic? Unless artificially constrained by the DM, do they use their powers only for good? Do they kill people and rob them of their stuff? You can only posit a world in which magic is exploited by the masses if you ignore PC behavior in favor of very dubious assumptions. [/QUOTE]

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