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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 1421546" data-attributes="member: 8243">The following comment in the low magic/grim and gritty thread got me thinking. note: full post <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1418783&postcount=18" target="_blank"> here. </a>What would the logical applications of magic be in a dnd setting (based on core books and rules)? What would a generic Core Book (PHB, DMG, MM) setting look like if these applications were included.A Large City (pop 20,000) would have something like the following number of magic using individuals.Barbarian (total: 45)Bard (total: 45) inc 2 x level 15, 1 x level 10, 4 x level 7.Clerics: (total: 45) inc 1 x level 14/12/11, 2 x level 6, 4 x level 5.Druid (total: 45) inc 1 x level 11, 2 x level 10, 6 x level 5.Fighter (total: 61)Monk (total: 45)Paladin (total: 45) inc 2 x level 12, 1 x level 11, 4 x level 6.Ranger (total: 45) inc 3 x level 11, 6 x level 5.Rogue (total: 77)Sorcerer (total: 45) inc 1 x level 13/12/11, 4 x level 6, 2 x level 5.Wizard (total: 45) inc 1 x level 13/12/11, 4 x level 6, 2 x level 5.note: Numbers courtasy of <a href="http://www.aarg.net/~minam/towns.cgi" target="_blank">James Bucks Town Generator.</a> Seed # 1079172088. I think it is 3rd ed dnd.That's a lot of resources.I am more interested in the social rather than the personal, the civil rather than the military, although there will obviously be a fair degree of overlap (there is already quite a good thread on the best way to protect a dnd fortess). Agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transport & communications, and construction all seem to be areas that would be significantly different from historical and fictional  analogues.Economics should play a significant consideration in deciding what would be logical. If the magical solution is significantly more expensive than the mundane, its not going to see widespread use. Although it might see some maybe - for bragging rights, prestigue value, etc.As a final note (just in case). I am not advocating the superiority of such a setting, nor by failing to do so, somehow implying it is inferior to other settings. Its an exercise in applied thinking.</blockquote>

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