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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5757049" data-attributes="member: 40166">D&D magic is not the least bit supernatural. It's physics; do this, do that, and a ball of fire shoots from your fingertips. It's hard for RPG magic to be really mystifying, but D&D magic--particularly 3E D&D magic--doesn't even try. Casting a spell is as exactly unmysterious as swinging a sword. You roll the dice and the result is entirely predictable.Okay. I submit that that's a niche playing style.I don't see your concerns here reflecting what most players want out of the game. Mages are very good at blowing things up because a lot of players find it fun to have characters who can blow things up. A lot of my mages take the <a href="http://xkcd.com/208/" target="_blank">xkcd: Regular Expressions</a> attitude; I have these spells, let's find a chance to cast them.</blockquote>