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<blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5962134" data-attributes="member: 57939">Here is my question, why do you accept daily powers as being okay for magical abilities as making sense? It is no less arbitrary of a thing than encounter powers.If you are looking at things from a simulationist point of view, I for one can't make much sense of the daily spell limit traditionally used in D&amp;D. You could say &quot;it's magic, that's just how it works&quot;, but that is a very hollow argument. D&amp;D magic is so undefined that you can't appeal to any specific function of how magic works in order to justify daily limits of spells. Furthermore, most magic systems from novels and other works I have encountered do not work well with Vancian magic.In the end, daily limited spells and powers are just the result of arbitrary game design. There is no in-setting justification for them. On the other hand, I can at least understand and accept encounter powers as a narrative description of the flow of combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SKyOdin, post: 5962134, member: 57939"] Here is my question, why do you accept daily powers as being okay for magical abilities as making sense? It is no less arbitrary of a thing than encounter powers. If you are looking at things from a simulationist point of view, I for one can't make much sense of the daily spell limit traditionally used in D&D. You could say "it's magic, that's just how it works", but that is a very hollow argument. D&D magic is so undefined that you can't appeal to any specific function of how magic works in order to justify daily limits of spells. Furthermore, most magic systems from novels and other works I have encountered do not work well with Vancian magic. In the end, daily limited spells and powers are just the result of arbitrary game design. There is no in-setting justification for them. On the other hand, I can at least understand and accept encounter powers as a narrative description of the flow of combat. [/QUOTE]

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