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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8094231" data-attributes="member: 7019027"><p>Oooh, I love having D&D fit in odd settings. </p><p></p><p>Now, I have no clue how to have a balanced D&D game where there's no magic existing. However, I can think of a couple of ways that I can have a no-magic setting where the players and the setting is abruptly introduced to magic. </p><p></p><p>Something like the medieval era but one day, mystical beasts actually appear and the smart scholar has found a way to manipulate magic as a wizard while the meek peasant was touched by a demonic presence and given pact magic. Stuff like that. </p><p></p><p>In this world, magic is new and nothing is really built around it but it doesn't restrict the creative design of adventures as much as a straight "Magic never has and never will exist" setting. </p><p></p><p>If I was going for that, I would definitely go with a separate system. However, I love magic in all systems so such a campaign likely wouldn't happen for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8094231, member: 7019027"] Oooh, I love having D&D fit in odd settings. Now, I have no clue how to have a balanced D&D game where there's no magic existing. However, I can think of a couple of ways that I can have a no-magic setting where the players and the setting is abruptly introduced to magic. Something like the medieval era but one day, mystical beasts actually appear and the smart scholar has found a way to manipulate magic as a wizard while the meek peasant was touched by a demonic presence and given pact magic. Stuff like that. In this world, magic is new and nothing is really built around it but it doesn't restrict the creative design of adventures as much as a straight "Magic never has and never will exist" setting. If I was going for that, I would definitely go with a separate system. However, I love magic in all systems so such a campaign likely wouldn't happen for me. [/QUOTE]
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