Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="hbarsquared" data-source="post: 4682709" data-attributes="member: 4550">I like Mearls.&nbsp; He's a great guy.Some of his ideas are pretty good, too.&nbsp; For unique monsters, though, and not as a general revamping of elemental resistances.The actual problem is that this thread is striving to find a mechanical solution to a flavor problem.Ice mages don't learn fire magic in the arctic because there is no fire magic.&nbsp; Who would teach a young mage?&nbsp; From what resources does a &quot;point of light&quot; at the top of a snow-shrouded mountain find the secrets of fire magic?&nbsp; Magic takes years of study, and many young mages probably give up summoning a simple flame cantrip when it is blown out immediately every single time.Ice mages are successful in the arctic not because of damage they do to enemies, but in their ability to manipulate the cold (this was mentioned by several posters, already).&nbsp; They can summon that wall of ice to protect their allies, they can obscure terrain with fog, they can hurl icicles that happen to deal physical damage instead of just &quot;cold.&quot;&nbsp; Not even the ice mages would attempt to actually &quot;freeze&quot; that ice monster.I do like the &quot;get rid of elemental keywords&quot; idea, and make elemental damage all fluff.&nbsp; But elemental resistances/vulnerabilities, both as flavor and a mechanic, are just fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hbarsquared, post: 4682709, member: 4550"] I like Mearls. He's a great guy. Some of his ideas are pretty good, too. For unique monsters, though, and not as a general revamping of elemental resistances. [b]The actual problem is that this thread is striving to find a [i]mechanical[/i] solution to a [i]flavor[/i] problem.[/b] Ice mages don't learn fire magic in the arctic because [i]there is no fire magic.[/i] Who would teach a young mage? From what resources does a "point of light" at the top of a snow-shrouded mountain find the secrets of fire magic? Magic takes years of study, and many young mages probably give up summoning a simple flame cantrip when it is blown out immediately every single time. Ice mages are successful in the arctic not because of damage they do to enemies, but in their ability to manipulate the cold (this was mentioned by several posters, already). They can summon that wall of ice to protect their allies, they can obscure terrain with fog, they can hurl icicles that happen to deal physical damage instead of just "cold." Not even the ice mages would attempt to actually "freeze" that ice monster. I do like the "get rid of elemental keywords" idea, and make elemental damage all fluff. But elemental resistances/vulnerabilities, both as flavor and a mechanic, are just fine. [/QUOTE]

Verification