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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 3767383" data-attributes="member: 3192">3rd edition does seem to assume at least a Very High Magic setting for D&D.  Not sure about 4e.In terms of Fantastical-ness?  I guess it's what you mean.  IMO, the game has become significantly less realistic.  Not that magic needs realism, but the actual reasons why things work like they do in the world are rarely addressed.  This makes it VERY hard to understand what is going on in character.  Which, in turn, makes it hard to discern it while exploring.  The focus is often just on rules and on thinking in rule terms.  Which makes it hard to think in character when anything attached to a rule comes along.</blockquote>