D&D General Where is magic prohibited in your world??

[jmartkdr2]

One thing I tend to include is: people know what casting a spell looks like generally (magic words sound like magic words) but don’t really know what you’re casting- so if you start casting out of the blue people get defensive and may panic.

Now if a cleric runs up to an injured person and starts praying people will assume healing magic, but if you just start casting in a bar people will react like you just reached into your gun bag - maybe you keep your tissues in there but why risk it?

Context matters, but casting is never less suspicious than other actions.

 

[Garmorn]

For the same reasons people learn to shoot, use bow, or learn martial arts today; hobby, self discipline, social standing, self-defence, a tool that can easily be used offensively, or because it’s their job to do so.

But the most dangerous magic isn’t really destructive spells à la fireball; it’s the more subtle charms, illusions, and teleporting spells. A society can only be comfortable with those if countermeasures are easy to come by

First let me state that I am not good at expressing my self, so I will try to clarify my stance on your quoted sections.
As to your response to my questions. Yes but is it common for people in London, England? Now if they are located in a unsettled area such as the US wild west there is more of reason, interest. That was what I was trying to get across.

Your additional point is very good reason to have magic with different effects to be treated differently, instead of one law fits all.

 

[Redwizard007]

Short answer, anywhere a powerful NPC can detect that magic is being used to gain an advantage against their interests.