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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9315476" data-attributes="member: 7635">In D&amp;D, arcane magic comes from arcane formulas, bloodlines, pacts, the Music of Creation, the Weave (FR), the Moons/Gods (DL), the life of the planet (DS), the Mists (RL) and the Planes themselves. There is no underlying principle of magic because people WANT it to be all those things. They will scream murder if you say something like &quot;all arcane magic comes from the Weave&quot; because &quot;muh Dragonlance&quot; isn't being supported. D&amp;D has a lore problem. The Core rules need to be vague to support every official setting and most homebrew ones or players riot. Settings aren't detailed enough in the limited space given to get hyper specific. They can't support multiple lines of hyper-specific stuff without fracturing the franchise and cannibalizing their own sales. So 5e throws it's hands up and says &quot;it is what you make it&quot; and we debate endlessly if the sorcerer is unique enough to exist in a setting where magic doesn't get defined any more thoroughly than &quot;casts fireball&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9315476, member: 7635"] In D&D, arcane magic comes from arcane formulas, bloodlines, pacts, the Music of Creation, the Weave (FR), the Moons/Gods (DL), the life of the planet (DS), the Mists (RL) and the Planes themselves. There is no underlying principle of magic because people WANT it to be all those things. They will scream murder if you say something like "all arcane magic comes from the Weave" because "muh Dragonlance" isn't being supported. D&D has a lore problem. The Core rules need to be vague to support every official setting and most homebrew ones or players riot. Settings aren't detailed enough in the limited space given to get hyper specific. They can't support multiple lines of hyper-specific stuff without fracturing the franchise and cannibalizing their own sales. So 5e throws it's hands up and says "it is what you make it" and we debate endlessly if the sorcerer is unique enough to exist in a setting where magic doesn't get defined any more thoroughly than "casts fireball". [/QUOTE]

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