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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4464119" data-attributes="member: 2067">Sure, that could be a valid track.I'm a bigger fan of D&D's usual suggestion that magic is a natural force like, say, the stars in the night sky. They're mysterious and strange, but enough study and expertise will allow you to predict and determine what these are with reasonable accuracy. They're elite, high-class, above-the-norm, but they aren't to be feared. D&D's magic is more like Galileo's astronomy and less like the Inca view that the moon is eaten by a monster during an eclipse.IMC, I normally take a "3rd edition-esque" approach to it, with spellcasters occasionally popping up in mid-sized towns, and big cities almost guaranteed to have them, including colleges and magical universities (just as there are martial academies and cathedrals for clerics). I don't do this because of some supposed fixation on numbers. I do this because I genuinely enjoy this style of fantasy, much more so than I enjoy playing up the "ignorant fearful townsfolk" stereotype. I prefer my PCs to be part of the world and then to rise above it, rather than having them above it by virtue of their 1st-level tricks.</blockquote>