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<blockquote data-quote="Umbra" data-source="post: 1717053" data-attributes="member: 17086">I think the early decades of telephones is a reasonable comparison with magic in this instance.&nbsp; At first, very few people had a phone and it was concentrated in a few locations.&nbsp; Over time, the phone network was extended with the wealthier members of society and large cities having access to it the most. The village only has access to a single public phone box (if they were lucky).&nbsp; Many people knew about telephones but few had access to them or used them only in emergencies.Magic, of course, is not as easily replicated as technology is, so the spread is constrained by the number of practitioners which will never be as high as the number of devices (telephones) which can be continuously produced.Which brings up the question of magic items.&nbsp; As a general rule their cost and the desire of the powerful to own them would mean they will not be concentrated with the commoner.&nbsp; But would this always be the case?Personally&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> if I was a high level cleric of a healing god who is trying to extend the influence of civilisation and the faithful, and knowing that without the powerbase of the commoner that influence is at risk, I would want to help ensure the survival of the community.&nbsp; I would create non-portable (cannot be stolen) items to help those villages and thorpes further out from the power centres - a fountain, an altar, a stature, etc.&nbsp; Think of a Lourdes every 50 miles <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> .&nbsp; Or I would provide those who perform pastoral care (the village cleric), the wand with cure disease, etc, for emergencies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbra, post: 1717053, member: 17086"] I think the early decades of telephones is a reasonable comparison with magic in this instance. At first, very few people had a phone and it was concentrated in a few locations. Over time, the phone network was extended with the wealthier members of society and large cities having access to it the most. The village only has access to a single public phone box (if they were lucky). Many people knew about telephones but few had access to them or used them only in emergencies. Magic, of course, is not as easily replicated as technology is, so the spread is constrained by the number of practitioners which will never be as high as the number of devices (telephones) which can be continuously produced. Which brings up the question of magic items. As a general rule their cost and the desire of the powerful to own them would mean they will not be concentrated with the commoner. But would this always be the case? Personally ;) if I was a high level cleric of a healing god who is trying to extend the influence of civilisation and the faithful, and knowing that without the powerbase of the commoner that influence is at risk, I would want to help ensure the survival of the community. I would create non-portable (cannot be stolen) items to help those villages and thorpes further out from the power centres - a fountain, an altar, a stature, etc. Think of a Lourdes every 50 miles :p . Or I would provide those who perform pastoral care (the village cleric), the wand with cure disease, etc, for emergencies. [/QUOTE]

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