D&D 5E New D&D Survey, with some in-depth setting questions

[AtomicPope]

Huh. What does that mean, I’ve never heard of wide magic before.

I've heard of thicc magic.

 

[Scribe]

I have to say, three choices was too few.

I wanted five each time I was limited to three.

Then you really need to pick your favorite. Even better if you can rank them in 3 questions.

 

[Yaarel]

Ubiquitous magic of any kind seems like the opposite of low magic to me.

Maybe, but to me "high magic" means Wish, creating new realities, etcetera.

 

[Charlaquin]

Maybe, but to me "high magic" means Wish, creating new realities, etcetera.

I thought high/low referred to the ubiquity of Magic more than the power. Settings where magic is very powerful but very rare generally get called low magic.

 

[Scribe]

I thought high/low referred to the ubiquity of Magic more than the power. Settings where magic is very powerful but very rare generally get called low magic.

I this it's a bit of both.

High Magic to me is about how common it is. Low Magic is often 'gritty realism' or some such, while High is Forgotten Realms or something.

 

[NaturalZero]

I thought high/low referred to the ubiquity of Magic more than the power. Settings where magic is very powerful but very rare generally get called low magic.

I've heard it in conversations about Eberron and how it differs from Forgotten Realms. From the discussions I've read, High Magic = there's powerful, world changing magic in the setting that influences things. A few god-like wizards that control entire nations, for example. Wide Magic or Broad Magic can overlap with High Magic but requires that magic can be spread out and ubiquitous throughout the world. If there are magic cars and industry everywhere but the power level caps out at 2nd level spells across the board, that can be considered Low Magic and Wide Magic. If you throw high powered magic in that effects the world, it becomes High Magic and Wide Magic. It essentially and X and Y axis of how common magic is with how powerful it is, generally.

But, like all discussions of magic, it's all made up. Most people are going to understand what you mean if you call a setting where every creature has 1 innate 1st level spells as High Magic.

 

[Charlaquin]

I've heard it in conversations about Eberron and how it differs from Forgotten Realms. From the discussions I've read, High Magic = there's powerful, world changing magic in the setting that influences things. A few god-like wizards that control entire nations, for example. Wide Magic or Broad Magic can overlap with High Magic but requires that magic can be spread out and ubiquitous throughout the world. If there are magic cars and industry everywhere but the power level caps out at 2nd level spells across the board, that can be considered Low Magic and Wide Magic. If you throw high powered magic in that effects the world, it becomes High Magic and Wide Magic. It essentially and X and Y axis of how common magic is with how powerful it is, generally.

But, like all discussions of magic, it's all made up. Most people are going to understand what you mean if you call a setting where every creature has 1 innate 1st level spells as High Magic.

Ahh, ok that makes sense.

 

[Lanefan]

Seems like some of the questions like the first character one were meant for 5e, your first 5e character forex

When it asked what edition(s) I had played I didn't select 5e, yet I still got the first-character etc. questions; so I don't think it's tied to 5e.

 

[Lanefan]

I have to admit. After the kerfuffle in that thread, I would LOVE to see how the results of race fall out. Either way. Either I was completely wrong and halflings are more popular than I think, or, I was on the money and halflings are a vestigial also ran race that are only included because of tradition.

One can dream...

If there had been 4 chioces allowed instead of just 3, my 4th vote would have been Halfling.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Ooh, I found a very basic error in the survey design.

how long has your average fifth edition D&D game session lasted?

• 1 hour or less
• 2-3 hours
• 4-6 hours
• More than 6 hours

There is no 3-4 hour option! Our sessions last almost exactly 3 1/2 hours.