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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 1567062" data-attributes="member: 18280">I am in the camp of "rare magic", but I make a lot of exceptions to this rule.  First off, the PCs gain their magic according to class.  I've incorporated the ley line rules from Heroes of High Favor:  Elves as well, so PCs actually have more personal magic available to them than in baseline D&D.  Of course, this system requires checks, and there are potential pitfalls if those checks fail.There are no magic shoppes IMC, and XP rewards are halved.  The first is for feel, and the second is because I think the current "growth rate" doesn't allow PCs to fully explore what their characters can do at any given level.  This does cause PCs to be less likely to spend XP on making magic items, but they do like the totem spirit/sacred bundle rules I have introduced.  They are low-level now (1-3), and high level NPCs are rare enough that dead means dead.  This will, of course, change.I honestly don't believe that "rare magic" equals "low magic".  IMC, I have introduced not one, not two, but three cosmology-spanning conflicts that are pre-made for epic levels, and the characters are being introduced to them now.  By telegraphing these conflicts at the beginning, I can feel relatively certain that, as my PCs grow, their involvement (both game and personal) will grow with them.  When I say "cosmology-spanning", btw, I mean end-of-the-multiverse type stuff.  Or, at least, the campaign multiverse.  And, yes, I expect my epic-level PCs to be capable of dealing with threats of this magnitude.  If not, there's always divine ascension.IMHO, low-magic vs. high magic is about what magic can do, whereas rare-magic vs. common-magic is about how easy magic is to get.  IMC, I prefer a lesser number of more powerful items.  I'd rather give a +3 keen ghost-touch sword to a 1st-level fighter than 30 +1 swords.  Similarly, I don't mind giving the low-level spellcaster a staff with multiple functions that he can discover over the course of a level or two.  I currently have a 2nd level druid IMC whose staff can cast Ice Storm (that they know of).  At the same time, because magic and gold are rare, they still haven't managed to use Identify on anything.  So, what does that make me?  I'd say I'm in the "magic is rare but powerful" camp.  Is that low magic?  High magic?  Either way, it certainly has 21+ levels of conflict designed right into it.Raven Crowking</blockquote>

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