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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5679899" data-attributes="member: 40177">We, as fantasy-obsessed nerds with no real lives to speak of (*cough*) don't often give our real world enough props.  Sure, we talk about how awesome it is that our 2nd level wizard took down all those orcs with a sleep spell, but do we ever talk about just how cool it is that we can buy over-the-counter sleeping aids?  No.  And this thread is here to change that.The game is simple.  Pick a spell in D&D.  Explain what that spell can do that sets it apart from the real world.  Then, show the real world equivalent to that spell.  Bonus points if you can then explain a way that the real world offers a better alternative to that D&D spell.For example:[sblock]RAISE DEAD.In D&D, Raise Dead can bring the dead back to life, which is a line people in the real world have yet to cross, except in very specific situations.  In the real world, the closest we can get is advanced medical techniques.  However, in the real world, we have advanced medicine that surpasses much of what is in the PHB, and is much more widely available.  This medical advancement advances everyone, not just adventurers.  Not to mention that we are able to take the bits of pieces of the newly deceased and use them to extend the lives of countless others.[/sblock]And that's the game.  Feel free to post your own, or prove why others are wrong.  The goal of this  thread is to show that, ultimately, we all live in a pretty magical place... and that by making this realization, we can help make our fantasy worlds both more and less magical, and much more realistic.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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