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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 2941221" data-attributes="member: 32164">Umm...Hussar was, actually. He was claiming that per the RAW, magitech was the most verisimilitudinous (to steal his made-up word) result.Raven Crowking, I, and a few others have been claiming that while that was one feasible result, it wasn't the only (or even most likely) feasible result.Q, if that's the case, I apologize. I had assumed (wrongly) that you were taking up the torch (everburning or not...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) of Hussar's opinion. Since you weren't, that makes the critiques irrelevant.However, all of those things you mention are (IMO) perfectly reasonable possible responses to magical streetlight. Which attitude prevails depends entirely on the persnicketyness (is that a word?) of the gods, and the psychological makeup of your NPCs: something every DM has to determine for his own world (or even something he determines differently for each culture in his world).For instance, in Greek myth, a titan (Prometheus, btw) was punished for all eternity for daring to give mortals simple FIRE. Just imagine how they would have treated one who provided them magic...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> So in that setting, the gods potentially being pissed at magical streetlights is NOT out of line. Just to make a point. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> On another topic, someone asked me a question... Umm...it would help. But they're still cool - as in, won't catch things on fire, or keep people warm for that matter. Which a torch does a poor job of, but a somewhat more sizable fire provides both light and heat.My personal preference is for non-permanent magical light. I wouldn't mind if spellcasters could create cool light and maintain it as he desired. But for them to be able to make permanent glow rocks seems a trifle Nodwick to me.That gets to the heart of what I was talking about when I started the thread. To me anyway, standard D&D is starting to look suspiciously similar to the parodies of itself. And I don't really think that's a good thing. :\ As always, YMMV.</blockquote>

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