D&D (2024) We have Arcane, Divine, and Primal lists now. Why not Psionic?

[Yaarel]

I can turn on the light by clapping. I am communicating with someone on the other side of the world right now.

I have a box on my desk that can connect to all human knowledge.

Still not magic.

The boundaries are blurring.

 

[Vaalingrade]

The boundaries are blurring.

They aren't.

No one is calling technology magic that isn't being facetious. Because the moment technology emulates a thing, it's technology.

 

[Incenjucar]

Would they refer to Moses as magic?

Depends on the act. Direct divine intervention is more just asking an ally to help.

 

[Yaarel]

They aren't.

No one is calling technology magic that isn't being facetious. Because the moment technology emulates a thing, it's technology.

Not sure what you are saying

Many people talk about technological magic. Whether as a formal genre of advanced technology or as an add for a high tech soap detergent.

 

[CreamCloud0]

Depends on the act. Direct divine intervention is more just asking an ally to help.

if i ask the party wizard to use shape water so i can cross a river am i using magic?

 

[Yaarel]

Depends on the act. Direct divine intervention is more just asking an ally to help.

In some contexts, the miracle is understood as something that Moses knows how to do.

 

[Incenjucar]

Not sure what you are saying

Many people talk about technological magic. Whether as a formal genre of advanced technology or as an add for a high tech soap detergent.

This is them using "magic" for "thing I don't understand" and then having a lot of those.

Magic, in speculative fiction such as fantasy, especially in systemized fantasy like D&D, uses the term to describe supernatural power that has distinct interactions with the world.

 

[Yaarel]

This is them using "magic" for "thing I don't understand" and then having a lot of those.

Magic, in speculative fiction such as fantasy, especially in systemized fantasy like D&D, used the term to describe supernatural power that has distinct interactions with the world.

Here is one of the dictionary definitions.

"4. any mysterious or extraordinary quality or power: the magic of springtime."

I hear people normally use the term "magic" and "magical" to mean anything "extraordinary".

 

[Incenjucar]

Here is one of the dictionary definitions.

"4. any mysterious or extraordinary quality or power: the magic of springtime."

I hear people normally use the term "magic" to mean anything "extraordinary".

Is this a Dungeons and Dragons dictionary?

 

[Yaarel]

Is this a Dungeons and Dragons dictionary?

My point is, Dungeons and Dragons relies on the English language.

D&D frequently becomes problematic and confusing when defying the English language. Consider the history of the incorrect D&D "longsword", or the misrepresentation of reallife cultural terms.

Elves and dragons are "magical". This may or may not be relevant to game rules.

When "mythic warriors" do magical things, it is more helpful for the game to define the term "Martial", rather than to define the term "magic".