D&D 5E (2024) Its till just me or is the 2024 MM heavily infused by more 4e influences?


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This is an honest question for you @Micah Sweet, because I am not as invested or knowledgeable in D&D lore as you are, but how do the big bad NPCs lean? Almost all of the ones I am familiar with are spellcasters. Are there some icon D&D NPC big bads that are not spellcasters?
Probably not many to be honest, but what does that have to do with name level PCs and the overall magicalness of D&D settings? That sounds more like a gamist question (at least your motivation for asking it), than a narrative or simulationist one, and even so, PCs fight enemy spellcasters all the time. What are you getting at?
 

This is an honest question for you @Micah Sweet, because I am not as invested or knowledgeable in D&D lore as you are, but how do the big bad NPCs lean? Almost all of the ones I am familiar with are spellcasters. Are there some icon D&D NPC big bads that are not spellcasters?
One thing to consider in early D&D was the Conan influence. So fighters = good, spellcasters = bad.
 


Probably not many to be honest, but what does that have to do with name level PCs and the overall magicalness of D&D settings? That sounds more like a gamist question (at least your motivation for asking it), than a narrative or simulationist one, and even so, PCs fight enemy spellcasters all the time. What are you getting at?
Take it however you want, but for me it is a simulationist / narrative question. If all your powerful movers and shakers are magic users, it implies magic is pretty important in your setting. That, to me, isn't gamist at all.
 





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