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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7167868" data-attributes="member: 996">"low-magic" has been used very different ways in D&D's history.  It can mean few magic items, it can mean casters are very rare in the setting, or it can mean restrictions on playing magic-using classes/races, or it can mean (and you virtually never see this) actually reducing the magical powers available to such PCs. The 5e Monk is officially magical (Ki = magic), the Bard is a freak'n full caster.  The Totem Barbarian, EK, & AT all use magic.  The Ranger has only one non-casting sub-class, and it was experimental.  I'm not sure how that would go.  One alternative I'd consider for a low-magic game, one where magic is lower-impact in adventuring scenarios, that is, while still having an impact in the world, and being defining of character that use it and thus closer to the way it's usually depicted in genre is to simply remove slots from the casting classes, entirely.  The can still use cantrips, so display magic consistently, and can still use rituals, so magic can still powerful, it's just very limited in how it can be used... Sounds like you could re-imagine the casting classes & sub-classes as Prestige Classes. Sure. It rarely worked out well in most editions, because magic - especially healing - is kinda baked into the system.  The one exception was 4e - heck, I've played in Encounters sessions where everyone just happened to play a non-magic-using characters, and there was barely a hickup - but then, isn't it always? :shrug:With 5e, you can let the party depend on HD, but I'd suggest making short rests, well, shorter, to facilitate that, and have all HD recharge with a single long rest.  You do have two classes that can heal, though they have to somehow re-skin it as "non-magical" (hopefully you & your players can handle that, it seems to be a cognitive hurdle for some) so that could clear it up.Another thing I've found from experience is that any magic you do allow in is magnified in importance and impact because, in a world with very little magic, few enemies are prepared to cope with it.  In a standard D&D game, vigilant foes are on the lookout for invisible infiltrators, shape-changers, illusions, invaders flying over their walls and so forth.  In a low-magic game, a few 1-3rd level spells and you might even be able to take over a kingdom for a little while - high level ones and you'd be ruling the world securely until challenged by another magic-user. Are you planning on running it on-line for players drawn from the forum?But, yes, there's always been some interest in low (at least lower than the D&D norm) magic games.</blockquote>

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