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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shaghayegh" data-source="post: 5947491" data-attributes="member: 6694199">Not everyone is smart enough or wise enough or even interested enough to pursue magic. What part in a highly magical society does the typical asshat jock play? Have you eliminated barbaric cultures by making everyone part of an enlightened civilisation with 100% literacy? That has not even been done in the real world.  Hmm. A more likely scenario would be the spread of magical gifts that would be the equivalent of psionic wild talents. Everyone would have a bonus feat that allows them to cast a certain number of level 0-1 spells. Those who were inclined could pursue actual study and practice to develop class abilities. Maybe Sorcerer is a second preferred class for every race, in addition to the normal ones listed. Actually, just giving every Tom, Dick, and Harriette a single cantrip could completely change society. Think about the economics and effect on hygiene if one in five people could cast Mending or Prestidigitation whenever they wanted. Your clothes are dirty? You need a bath and do not have time? Your kitchen counter is dirty? Your meat is spoiled? Prestidigitation. Your clothes are old and you cannot afford to buy new? There's a pothole in the road and the city cannot afford to fix it?  Ruffians broke a window in your shop as a prank? Mending. What scullery maid would not kill to be able to cast these two cantrips at will? How much disease could be prevented just by being able to magically clean your body, your home, and your clothes? How much money could a city government save making repairs? Think about using Ray of Frost for something besides attack. Use it chill a drink. Use it to preserve food. Hot day? Freeze your scarf then use it to cool your neck. You live in a desert? Use it on a metal bowl to suck moisture out of the air. A lowly peasant in a warm climate could make enough money to live on with these tricks. A smart barkeep could double her tips. What about divine magic? You have a natural talent that lets you cast Detect Poison at will. Everyone from the local police and nervous nobles to amateur mushroom harvesters will want to hire you. Purify Food and Drink, if common enough, could lower the price of food, allow families to store up items that would normally go to waste, and prevent deaths from malnutrition and food poisoning. These are just the more obvious examples. But look what making these few little spells a dime a dozen could do to change an entire society. No food going to waste. Water from the air in a desert climate. Clean peasants where there is no clean water to bathe and soap has not even been invented. That alone could halt the spread of plagues.  A little magic can go a long way...</blockquote>

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