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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9073403" data-attributes="member: 6807784">Does anyone here actually read contemporary Fantasy fiction? Or manga/watch anime? Or play popular indie Fantasy games or popular mainline releases? This is the source of the millennial, gen z, and gen alpha definition of Fantasy. In most contemporary works, everyone in the story of note uses the magic system of the world. They either plug into it directly like a spellcaster, use it to aid something about them like their fighting or thievery skills, or use magic items or make pacts with things. Magic is absolutely everywhere. One of the biggest complaints of Game of Thrones was that it tempered down the magic, mistakenly assuming that the mainstream crowd watching the show didn't like it when in fact they did.This is a big reason why the Ranger still casts spells. If you were to make a Ranger story in 2023, I'd imagine there'd be some magical stuff they use a lot throughout the book, and the character would be explored through the lens of their use of magic. All this talk about Appendix N is great, but we need to look at Sanderson, Jujutsu Kaisen, The Witcher, Elden Ring, etc for class inspiration IMO. The genre has evolved a lot since the 70s. Sometimes, I think the people making first party D&amp;D content are just grossly out of touch with the zeitgeist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9073403, member: 6807784"] Does anyone here actually read contemporary Fantasy fiction? Or manga/watch anime? Or play popular indie Fantasy games or popular mainline releases? This is the source of the millennial, gen z, and gen alpha definition of Fantasy. In most contemporary works, everyone in the story of note uses the magic system of the world. They either plug into it directly like a spellcaster, use it to aid something about them like their fighting or thievery skills, or use magic items or make pacts with things. Magic is absolutely everywhere. One of the biggest complaints of Game of Thrones was that it tempered down the magic, mistakenly assuming that the mainstream crowd watching the show didn't like it when in fact they did. This is a big reason why the Ranger still casts spells. If you were to make a Ranger story in 2023, I'd imagine there'd be some magical stuff they use a lot throughout the book, and the character would be explored through the lens of their use of magic. All this talk about Appendix N is great, but we need to look at Sanderson, Jujutsu Kaisen, The Witcher, Elden Ring, etc for class inspiration IMO. The genre has evolved a lot since the 70s. Sometimes, I think the people making first party D&D content are just grossly out of touch with the zeitgeist. [/QUOTE]

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