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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2516030" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, the problem with that is, magic in DND has ALWAYS been a pseudo-replacement for technology.&nbsp; Say the words, get the spell.&nbsp; There has never been any sort of &quot;primal shaping of energy&quot; in DnD.&nbsp; It can't be really.&nbsp; How the heck would you design game mechanics around it?Really, the only reason that magic isn't commonplace in campaign world's is because people ignore the logical extensions of the existence of DnD magic.&nbsp; I wasn't kidding about the idea of Continual Light (or Continual Flame) resulting in a major revolution in technology in a DnD world.&nbsp; The fact that you can have a perpetual light source for free would greatly change any society.Take it a step farther.&nbsp; The existence of flying creatures large enough to ride.&nbsp; All it takes is a single nation to step up and begin a breeding program and you suddenly have Roc Airlines.&nbsp; Create Water and Purify Food and Drink would greatly change a Medieval setting.&nbsp; Non-humans SHOULD dominate the world.&nbsp; Heck, a standard Yuan-Ti is a genius.&nbsp; Why bother messing around with cults and whatnot?&nbsp; Just take over the world the smart way - through money.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> So long as DnD has the magic system it has, it logically should look a lot more like Harry Potter than Hyboria.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 2516030, member: 22779"] But, the problem with that is, magic in DND has ALWAYS been a pseudo-replacement for technology. Say the words, get the spell. There has never been any sort of "primal shaping of energy" in DnD. It can't be really. How the heck would you design game mechanics around it? Really, the only reason that magic isn't commonplace in campaign world's is because people ignore the logical extensions of the existence of DnD magic. I wasn't kidding about the idea of Continual Light (or Continual Flame) resulting in a major revolution in technology in a DnD world. The fact that you can have a perpetual light source for free would greatly change any society. Take it a step farther. The existence of flying creatures large enough to ride. All it takes is a single nation to step up and begin a breeding program and you suddenly have Roc Airlines. Create Water and Purify Food and Drink would greatly change a Medieval setting. Non-humans SHOULD dominate the world. Heck, a standard Yuan-Ti is a genius. Why bother messing around with cults and whatnot? Just take over the world the smart way - through money. :) So long as DnD has the magic system it has, it logically should look a lot more like Harry Potter than Hyboria. [/QUOTE]

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