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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8547282" data-attributes="member: 5889">It really comes down to the flavor you assign to the mechanics.Dnd has the concept of a saving throw, which can be flavored in innumerable ways. Most people treat it as &quot;I just dodged or toughed out the spell&quot;, but in reality you could just as easily say &quot;my wizard counterspelled the enemy spell&quot;.Take the Voldemort vs Dumbledoor duel, mechanically you could just say this is two high level wizards that are constantly making their saving throws against each others spells....but the half damage from some of them is starting to wear them down, hence why there is fatigue and strain as the duel continues.That said, Harry Potter doesn't translate that well into standard dnd, as Harry Potter is a very very high level world. Magic is practically infinite, power word kill and dominate person is something anyone can learn, teleport circles exist in everyone's kitchen (flue), etc etc. Wizards in harry potter would curb stomp most fantasy worlds if it came to blows. So ideally a more tailored system would be the best way to showcase that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8547282, member: 5889"] It really comes down to the flavor you assign to the mechanics. Dnd has the concept of a saving throw, which can be flavored in innumerable ways. Most people treat it as "I just dodged or toughed out the spell", but in reality you could just as easily say "my wizard counterspelled the enemy spell". Take the Voldemort vs Dumbledoor duel, mechanically you could just say this is two high level wizards that are constantly making their saving throws against each others spells....but the half damage from some of them is starting to wear them down, hence why there is fatigue and strain as the duel continues. That said, Harry Potter doesn't translate that well into standard dnd, as Harry Potter is a very very high level world. Magic is practically infinite, power word kill and dominate person is something anyone can learn, teleport circles exist in everyone's kitchen (flue), etc etc. Wizards in harry potter would curb stomp most fantasy worlds if it came to blows. So ideally a more tailored system would be the best way to showcase that. [/QUOTE]

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