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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1693644" data-attributes="member: 8447">Actually, Gilgamesh is interesting in that he was, according to at least a couple translations I have seen of the tablets, 2/3 god, which makes for an interesting spin.&nbsp; I have no idea how that particular figure was arrived at, but maybe his parents were oddly compliant...&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Be all that as may be, we seem to be covering several different notions in this thread.1)&nbsp; How many magical items should a character have?2)&nbsp; How common are magic wielders in a campagin?3)&nbsp; Are magical dingi available for purchase?4)&nbsp; What are the implications in a low level campaign of high level wizards?&nbsp; Does this same criteria affect the world in the same manner as in a high level campaign?5)&nbsp; How ubiquitous is magic?&nbsp; Does everyone in the world, including Joe Farmer, accept it?6)&nbsp; Does the magic available appreciably alter the social, economic, and/or political structure of the world?In many campaigns I have seen, there is little or no acknowledgement of high level spells at the beginning of a campaign, unless said spells are used to save the party's collective tuckus.&nbsp; This seems short-sighted to me.&nbsp; If big magics are going to be there in the world, acknowledge the fact from the beginning and have the world alter accordingly; conversely, if you have a world you really want and the magics would throw this out of alignment, alter the magic.&nbsp; It just depends with which end of the equation you takes as being &quot;vital&quot;.A few incoherent thoughts before I go to bed...&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1693644, member: 8447"] Actually, Gilgamesh is interesting in that he was, according to at least a couple translations I have seen of the tablets, 2/3 god, which makes for an interesting spin. I have no idea how that particular figure was arrived at, but maybe his parents were oddly compliant... ;) Be all that as may be, we seem to be covering several different notions in this thread. 1) How many magical items should a character have? 2) How common are magic wielders in a campagin? 3) Are magical dingi available for purchase? 4) What are the implications in a low level campaign of high level wizards? Does this same criteria affect the world in the same manner as in a high level campaign? 5) How ubiquitous is magic? Does everyone in the world, including Joe Farmer, accept it? 6) Does the magic available appreciably alter the social, economic, and/or political structure of the world? In many campaigns I have seen, there is little or no acknowledgement of high level spells at the beginning of a campaign, unless said spells are used to save the party's collective tuckus. This seems short-sighted to me. If big magics are going to be there in the world, acknowledge the fact from the beginning and have the world alter accordingly; conversely, if you have a world you really want and the magics would throw this out of alignment, alter the magic. It just depends with which end of the equation you takes as being "vital". A few incoherent thoughts before I go to bed... ;) [/QUOTE]

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