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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6744717" data-attributes="member: 7635">Hmmm... Just off the top of my head...Verbal, Somatic and Material Components: Especially M components with a GP cost. For example, if we refluff "Revivify" into some form of Triage Resuscitation, you'd have to justify why each use of that Triage uses exactly 300 gp worth of medical supplies every time you use it. Concentration: Both in terms of hit-disruption (Bob was inspiring us to victory and then took an arrow to the knee, now I am no longer inspired) and in terms of spell activity (Bob was inspiring us to attack faster, but he gave a new order and now we do more damage instead). Magic Resistance: Having nonmagical effects can bypass defenses to magic, making them more attractive (Tim the mage used a fireball spell at the Raksasha and he laughed at it, so I used my Molotov Cocktail power at it and it did 8d6 fire to it since it was nonmagical). General Principle: Magic is magic, nonmagical in nonmagical. We tried once where magic and mundane were equal (both in terms of power and expression) and it created the world of trippable oozes and martial mind control powers and raksashas lacking any defense against magic. There are areas where the two can create similar effects (Healing Word vs. Rallying Cry is the relevant one) but do so using different mechanics to make the different powersources (Magic vs. Nonmagical) unique. Psionics is adding a third mechanic to make Psionic powers unique (and not a rehash of martial or magic spells).I'm sure the only real way to make it work would be to completely rewrite the D&D system to look more like Mutants and Masterminds; you pay for your power's effect, choose its keywords, and the rest is fluff. A "blast" could be a fireball, a telekinetic blast, an alchemy bomb, a lazer beam, or a volley of arrows, but they all do the same damage and range (and only differ based on keywords you paid for when buying said power).</blockquote>

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