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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9318299" data-attributes="member: 58172">For AD&amp;D 1e, the Wizard (Magic-User) was the only &quot;mage&quot;. It was every kind of magic.But today in D&amp;D 5e, the Wizard is only one among several kinds of magic.It might be worthwhile to equate &quot;Arcane&quot; magic with a D&amp;D version of reallife historical alchemy. This is a magic that derives from the magical properties of ordinary objects and special ingredients. It is a proto-chemistry that expands to a comprehensive understanding of the workings of the multiverse. This is where the &quot;bookish&quot; scholarly flavor of the Wizard comes from.The &quot;Primal&quot; Druid also does Elemental magic. But the Druid is communing with the Elemental forces − like mountains, rivers, storms, and sunshine − as individual persons, as well as transforming oneself into such Elemental forces.Psionic magic is mind-over-matter, and making mindful wishes come true.Divine magic is the power of words, symbols, and language − the words that cause creation to happen − and the multiverse is like a book that records information.Each D&amp;D Source is a different &quot;theory of magic&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9318299, member: 58172"] For AD&D 1e, the Wizard (Magic-User) was the only "mage". It was every kind of magic. But today in D&D 5e, the Wizard is only one among several kinds of magic. It might be worthwhile to equate "Arcane" magic with a D&D version of reallife historical alchemy. This is a magic that derives from the magical properties of ordinary objects and special ingredients. It is a proto-chemistry that expands to a comprehensive understanding of the workings of the multiverse. This is where the "bookish" scholarly flavor of the Wizard comes from. The "Primal" Druid also does Elemental magic. But the Druid is communing with the Elemental forces − like mountains, rivers, storms, and sunshine − as individual persons, as well as transforming oneself into such Elemental forces. Psionic magic is mind-over-matter, and making mindful wishes come true. Divine magic is the power of words, symbols, and language − the words that cause creation to happen − and the multiverse is like a book that records information. Each D&D Source is a different "theory of magic". [/QUOTE]

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