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<blockquote data-quote="Agent Oracle" data-source="post: 2951583" data-attributes="member: 40076">Okay, one, there is nothing wrong with not liking high magic.&nbsp; I never plan campaigns to run past 10th level, does that mean I dislike 6th level spells? No! It means that I want to be able to finish the gosh-darn story before real life interferes and players start vanishing! If they actually finish the story, I'll start making up another story. <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=":)" />I don't think you have a fear of magic, I think you have a fear of killing your players.The easiest way to overcome a fear of magic, and magic items is to play the game by the book.&nbsp; Roll treasure according to the entries, sooner or later, (probably sooner) someone will come up with a rod, staff, or magic weapon with a special function.&nbsp; Equally, throw them encounters that are of their CR.&nbsp; Mix up lesser baddies in groups with bigger &quot;boss&quot; baddies.&nbsp; &nbsp; A wyrmling dragon and some kobolds, as an example.&nbsp; Start small, work your way up.&nbsp; Fight with the book open to that monster's page, or use a &quot;monster sheet&quot; to write out everything it does.Write up a short campaign, or run several from modules. you'll begin getting a better feel for the balance.Oh, and let characters die.&nbsp; it happens.&nbsp; better to go out on the pikes of orcs than be overwhelmed by apathy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Agent Oracle, post: 2951583, member: 40076"] Okay, one, there is nothing wrong with not liking high magic. I never plan campaigns to run past 10th level, does that mean I dislike 6th level spells? No! It means that I want to be able to finish the gosh-darn story before real life interferes and players start vanishing! If they actually finish the story, I'll start making up another story. :) I don't think you have a fear of magic, I think you have a fear of killing your players. The easiest way to overcome a fear of magic, and magic items is to play the game by the book. Roll treasure according to the entries, sooner or later, (probably sooner) someone will come up with a rod, staff, or magic weapon with a special function. Equally, throw them encounters that are of their CR. Mix up lesser baddies in groups with bigger "boss" baddies. A wyrmling dragon and some kobolds, as an example. Start small, work your way up. Fight with the book open to that monster's page, or use a "monster sheet" to write out everything it does. Write up a short campaign, or run several from modules. you'll begin getting a better feel for the balance. Oh, and let characters die. it happens. better to go out on the pikes of orcs than be overwhelmed by apathy. [/QUOTE]

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