On the topic of there being gods but much reduced. I would have that ascension to true godhood would require restoration of the world and reversal of the defilement as the world cannot support a population needed to maintain ascension.
@Steampunkette has her own psionics system (an awesome one!) that isn't magic. One would assume that is in play here.I thought elemental magic didn't defile either? Do I have that wrong? My point being, not all magic defiles (or so I thought by canon).
To me psionics is magic, just a different source or way to access it. The inner primal magic if you will. So if all magic defiles than that is an issue for me.
In my idea of DS: arcane magic defiles and divine magic is gone. Psionics is the standard method to do magical things without those two sources and without defiling. I haven't made my mind up on elemental and primal magic.* I could see them still working, but I would want a totally different magic system for them compared to what we have in the core 5e books.
*Note: I see elemental and primal magic as being similar: calling on the power of elemental or primal spirits to do magical things. So you call on the power of xyz and get a magical effect. The spells would be more like rituals and generally not be as combat focused IMO.
From 2e:I thought elemental magic didn't defile either? Do I have that wrong? My point being, not all magic defiles (or so I thought by canon).
To me psionics is magic, just a different source or way to access it. The inner primal magic if you will. So if all magic defiles than that is an issue for me.
In my idea of DS: arcane magic defiles and divine magic is gone. Psionics is the standard method to do magical things without those two sources and without defiling. I haven't made my mind up on elemental and primal magic.* I could see them still working, but I would want a totally different magic system for them compared to what we have in the core 5e books.
*Note: I see elemental and primal magic as being similar: calling on the power of elemental or primal spirits to do magical things. So you call on the power of xyz and get a magical effect. The spells would be more like rituals and generally not be as combat focused IMO.
I am aware and I own it! However, the OP asked us what we would do, so I was clarifying as she didn't even mention psionics in her OP@Steampunkette has her own psionics system (an awesome one!) that isn't magic. One would assume that is in play here.
OK, my perspective is a bit different from the 2e and core 5e. It sound like you are just using the 2e version is that correct?From 2e:
Arcane Magic defiles.
Divine Magic (Including what we'd consider Primal Magic, today) doesn't.
Psionics aren't magic and don't defile.
Clerics are using elemental magic, but it's granted from Elementals, and treated as Divine, essentially. Druids, like Clerics, also get their spells and powers from elementals but it's less "This powerful Elemental Lord is standing in for a god" and more "Every rock and tree and creature has a life has a spirit and grants me power so long as I protect them."
So I'd just be building off the setting rather than trying to impose 5e's "Everything is the Weave" narrative onto it all.
Yeah, basically. Kind of blending the 2e and 4e versions to make the 5e version.OK, my perspective is a bit different from the 2e and core 5e. It sound like you are just using the 2e version is that correct?