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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9864425" data-attributes="member: 7635">Well, we kinda have an idea of what D&amp;D magic is, except for all the times it's changed. Long ago, all arcane magic came from studying spell books, required specific material components, and each casting of a spell required a dedicated spell slot. The sorcerer fundamentally changed the nature of arcane magic in D&amp;D. 4e changed it further. By the time of 5e, you have the majority of arcane magic not needing a spell book, slots are used to cast any spells prepared, wands and implements replace guanno and beeswax, and spells scale with slot level, not caster level. (Exception is cantrips, which itself is a major change in magic). I guess fireball is still fireball, but even spell effects (such as magic missile being auto hit) have changed at various times. Granted there's a stronger through line than psionics, but if you go from Basic -&gt; 5e, magic had changed quite a bit over the years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9864425, member: 7635"] Well, we kinda have an idea of what D&D magic is, except for all the times it's changed. Long ago, all arcane magic came from studying spell books, required specific material components, and each casting of a spell required a dedicated spell slot. The sorcerer fundamentally changed the nature of arcane magic in D&D. 4e changed it further. By the time of 5e, you have the majority of arcane magic not needing a spell book, slots are used to cast any spells prepared, wands and implements replace guanno and beeswax, and spells scale with slot level, not caster level. (Exception is cantrips, which itself is a major change in magic). I guess fireball is still fireball, but even spell effects (such as magic missile being auto hit) have changed at various times. Granted there's a stronger through line than psionics, but if you go from Basic -> 5e, magic had changed quite a bit over the years. [/QUOTE]

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