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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7673571" data-attributes="member: 996">Even if there's a clear, easily-implemented option presented for it to be 'different?'Arcane &amp; Divine are awfully different in concept, yet the game has them work virtually identically, mechanically, because it's expedient - it saved page count, design resources, and has the two working together smoothly and avoids potentially problematic issues with how 'different magics' might interact.&nbsp; That doesn't mean a DM couldn't decide that the Gods are ascendant in his setting, declare the two types different, and that a Divine 'Dispel Magic' sweeps away any arcane spell with no roll, while arcane dispels can't touch Divine effects. Dropping in psionics as another form of magic, leveraging existing spell lists &amp; mechanics, would in no way prevent one from making it 'different' and instituting a few simple rulings to give that difference teeth.also, this:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7673571, member: 996"] Even if there's a clear, easily-implemented option presented for it to be 'different?' Arcane & Divine are awfully different in concept, yet the game has them work virtually identically, mechanically, because it's expedient - it saved page count, design resources, and has the two working together smoothly and avoids potentially problematic issues with how 'different magics' might interact. That doesn't mean a DM couldn't decide that the Gods are ascendant in his setting, declare the two types different, and that a Divine 'Dispel Magic' sweeps away any arcane spell with no roll, while arcane dispels can't touch Divine effects. Dropping in psionics as another form of magic, leveraging existing spell lists & mechanics, would in no way prevent one from making it 'different' and instituting a few simple rulings to give that difference teeth. also, this: [/QUOTE]

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