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<blockquote data-quote="GlassJaw" data-source="post: 1698520" data-attributes="member: 22103">Yes but I think it becomes more difficult in a high-magic game.&nbsp; The items, spells, etc become a &quot;distraction&quot;.&nbsp; It's just inherently built-in to the default level of magic in the system.I'm starting to see it in one of the campaigns I'm currently playing in.&nbsp; We are all 15-16th level and the magic level is pretty high.&nbsp; We are allowed to buy magic items at times in some of the cities.&nbsp; Combat becomes a bear.&nbsp; Everyone is sifting through pages of character sheets and rulebooks to read about their spells and item abilities.&nbsp; It doesn't matter what level of roll vs role-playing you have in your campaign.&nbsp; When you that much stuff , things slow down and become more about accounting than story.Last night we were fighting a dragon in his underwater lair.&nbsp; We were buffed to high heaven.&nbsp; Was it fun?&nbsp; Absolutely.&nbsp; Could I see myself getting tired of this type of game though?&nbsp; Most definitely.&nbsp; And it's probably starting to happen.&nbsp; When your whole session is basically a couple of battles and not much role-playing or story progression or puzzle/problem-solving, it starts to wear on you.I'm honestly not really sure if you can stave off this type of scenario in a high-magic game, no matter how good of a DM you are.&nbsp;Thanks for trying to explain my situation for me, and much clearer at that Jezter.&nbsp; I think this is why I developed such a negative view of low-magic.&nbsp; My first introduction to low-magic was such a campaign.&nbsp; I had more of a problem with how the campaign was presented than the campaign itself.&nbsp; I was to feel that every character idea I had was because I was a min/maxer or powergamer.&nbsp; It wasn't a positive experience.I've come to realize that high-magic vs low-magic has nothing to do with the quality or maturity of the players involved.&nbsp; Knuckleheads play low and high-magic campaigns.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="GlassJaw, post: 1698520, member: 22103"] Yes but I think it becomes more difficult in a high-magic game. The items, spells, etc become a "distraction". It's just inherently built-in to the default level of magic in the system. I'm starting to see it in one of the campaigns I'm currently playing in. We are all 15-16th level and the magic level is pretty high. We are allowed to buy magic items at times in some of the cities. Combat becomes a bear. Everyone is sifting through pages of character sheets and rulebooks to read about their spells and item abilities. It doesn't matter what level of roll vs role-playing you have in your campaign. When you that much [I]stuff[/I] , things slow down and become more about accounting than story. Last night we were fighting a dragon in his underwater lair. We were buffed to high heaven. Was it fun? Absolutely. Could I see myself getting tired of this type of game though? Most definitely. And it's probably starting to happen. When your whole session is basically a couple of battles and not much role-playing or story progression or puzzle/problem-solving, it starts to wear on you. I'm honestly not really sure if you can stave off this type of scenario in a high-magic game, no matter how good of a DM you are. Thanks for trying to explain my situation for me, and much clearer at that Jezter. I think this is why I developed such a negative view of low-magic. My first introduction to low-magic was such a campaign. I had more of a problem with how the campaign was presented than the campaign itself. I was to feel that every character idea I had was because I was a min/maxer or powergamer. It wasn't a positive experience. I've come to realize that high-magic vs low-magic has nothing to do with the quality or maturity of the players involved. Knuckleheads play low and high-magic campaigns. :D [/QUOTE]

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