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<blockquote data-quote="Shasarak" data-source="post: 7519217" data-attributes="member: 94143">A 7th level Magic-User only has 10 spells per day soI guess yes they could Fly and Fireball in the same day.&nbsp; But reliably having scrolls and wands to use, no I dont think you can draw that conclusion especially if you look at the random treasure tables you have a 4% chance of a wand.If Conan is mowing them down then I can only assume that they must be 1-1 HD at most, furry goblins if anything.I can not say that I have ever GMed ADnD.&nbsp; The only games that I have run was when I was the DM so maybe that was the problem, playing a different version of the game?In any case, yes in both of our versions of our games you have different types of monsters although I do remember a version where you could mow down swarms of 1hp Liches I wonder if that is more to do with Fiction not translating accurately between a Story and a Game.&nbsp; Would we expect to see a 5 round ADnD fight written in a story blow for blow exactly as it played out?&nbsp; Doubtful.&nbsp; Would we expect to see a Conan 1 hit KO of a Lich play out the same way in a 1 minute per round ADnD fight?&nbsp; Doubtful.Would you expect them to be the same?&nbsp; Not reasonably.&nbsp; Gary and Dave never sat down to try and directly translate a story into game form after all.I would imagine that it is up to the Players to decide how the game plays out.I must admit that it often baffles me when I see complaints about Magic Users being able to &quot;impact&quot; the fiction with their spells what one expects a Fighter to do in a similar situation?&nbsp; If a Magic User casts Fly then does a Fighter get to literally pull themselves up by their boot straps&nbsp; Baron Munchausen style?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shasarak, post: 7519217, member: 94143"] A 7th level Magic-User only has 10 spells per day soI guess yes they could Fly and Fireball in the same day. But reliably having scrolls and wands to use, no I dont think you can draw that conclusion especially if you look at the random treasure tables you have a 4% chance of a wand. If Conan is mowing them down then I can only assume that they must be 1-1 HD at most, furry goblins if anything. I can not say that I have ever GMed ADnD. The only games that I have run was when I was the DM so maybe that was the problem, playing a different version of the game? In any case, yes in both of our versions of our games you have different types of monsters although I do remember a version where you could mow down swarms of 1hp Liches I wonder if that is more to do with Fiction not translating accurately between a Story and a Game. Would we expect to see a 5 round ADnD fight written in a story blow for blow exactly as it played out? Doubtful. Would we expect to see a Conan 1 hit KO of a Lich play out the same way in a 1 minute per round ADnD fight? Doubtful. Would you expect them to be the same? Not reasonably. Gary and Dave never sat down to try and directly translate a story into game form after all. I would imagine that it is up to the Players to decide how the game plays out. I must admit that it often baffles me when I see complaints about Magic Users being able to "impact" the fiction with their spells what one expects a Fighter to do in a similar situation? If a Magic User casts Fly then does a Fighter get to literally pull themselves up by their boot straps Baron Munchausen style? [/QUOTE]

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