DonTadow said:
So... all your IH characters are forced to be naked? I do not mean to offend you if its not the case, but please let us know if english is not your first language, it would... clarify some things.
Aus_Snow made some direct quotations that explicitly state in the writer's own words that the characters do not have access to reliable spells or magic, and therefore they will have to use their own skills to get them through. While it doesnt explicitly state "PC's dont get magic, this is a low magic world... mmkay?" Aus_Snow's quotes were exact and detailed enough that they would have ended any rational argument.
I will toss in a few more quotes for good measure:
"When designing adventures, remember you cannot offer magic items to the party as a reward. Gold and jewels also lose some of their value in terms of character power, because the PC's cannot use them to purchase magic items."
Iron Heroes page 248 left column 4th paragraph down.
"The key characteristic of Iron Heroes is that it drops magic items as an important measure of a characters power."
Mastering Iron Heroes page 92 left column
(not a quote)
You might also notice that while it does not expressly forbid using the "villian classes" for PC's, you may notice that it lists them all by CR rather than level.
Mastering Iron Heroes pages 18-25
and a quote to support that
"a villian needs only to be balanced against the party as a whole. A villian doenst have a level. Instead, he has a Challenge Rating, just like a monster."
Mastering Iron Heroes Page 17
It is obvious that the book shows a very clear predilection towards heavy restriction of magical items, infact it is so strongly worded in the book it is nearly a mandate. Even if there were every bit as much magical activity (being cast by the PC's) as there would be in a traditional D&D campaign (which there would not be, as only 1 PC class in IH can use it, whereas MOST D&D classes have access to magic) it would still be considered a low magic world by any traditional D&D standards.
