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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olthynn" data-source="post: 3780310" data-attributes="member: 55588">Agreed. In my opinion, the PHB should just present the spells that are in play. Then, if I feel inclined to, I can select the fire spells and say that I study the ancient tradition of the Hidden Flame. Or, if I want, I can select the fire spells and just say I like fire. Or maybe I'll create a new wizarding school with like-minded colleagues based around summoning, fire, and spells with funny names and I'll make my own tradition. The point is, the choice regarding the flavor for my character should be mine.If they want to put some stuff into the PHB about how to create interesting flavor for my wizard to try and spark my imagination, awesome, that'd be great. But don't just create some flavor for me and make that the basis for the structure of the magic system and its implements. That's just poor design.</blockquote>