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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1697932" data-attributes="member: 2067">Keep in mind that I don't mind low magic....it's just that in my mind, there are good, valid reasons for choosing a low-magic campaign, and then there are reasons of spite and misconceptions.&nbsp;Good reasons: you want a gritty style, you want a 'low fantasy' setting (where every goblin is truly a monster out of nightmares), you want a world where magic operates on rules that destroy most things of magic, etc, etc, ad infinum.&nbsp;Bad reasons: PC's don't have to think in high magic campaigns!!!, I don't want +5 swords to be valueless!!!!, Plane shift is overpowered!!!, I can't think of how to challenge a party with Teleport!!!, I want epic quests/mysteries/dangerous journeys and there are no epic quests/mysteries/dangerous journeys with high magic!!!&nbsp;They're still reasons, and if they work for you, fine, have fun. But I believe if they're your main reasons, you're riding the tide of bad DM's/severe misconceptions about the rules. High magic is not a campaign-obliterating bogeyman that only exists because people don't put enough thought into their games. It's a valid, strong campaign style choice. Just like low magic can be. But I guess just as low magic has it's share of &quot;WTF, Fireball is waaay too powerful!&quot;, high magic has it's share of &quot;Okay, you've killed God, what do you want to kill next?&quot; <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="I'm A Banana, post: 1697932, member: 2067"] Keep in mind that I don't mind low magic....it's just that in my mind, there are good, valid reasons for choosing a low-magic campaign, and then there are reasons of spite and misconceptions. Good reasons: you want a gritty style, you want a 'low fantasy' setting (where every goblin is truly a monster out of nightmares), you want a world where magic operates on rules that destroy most things of magic, etc, etc, ad infinum. Bad reasons: PC's don't have to think in high magic campaigns!!!, I don't want +5 swords to be valueless!!!!, Plane shift is overpowered!!!, I can't think of how to challenge a party with Teleport!!!, I want epic quests/mysteries/dangerous journeys and there are no epic quests/mysteries/dangerous journeys with high magic!!! They're still reasons, and if they work for you, fine, have fun. But I believe if they're your main reasons, you're riding the tide of bad DM's/severe misconceptions about the rules. High magic is not a campaign-obliterating bogeyman that only exists because people don't put enough thought into their games. It's a valid, strong campaign style choice. Just like low magic can be. But I guess just as low magic has it's share of "WTF, Fireball is waaay too powerful!", high magic has it's share of "Okay, you've killed God, what do you want to kill next?" ;) [/QUOTE]

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