Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 3036513" data-attributes="member: 1879">Why would someone ever choose not to learn how to perform emergency first aid?I have no idea. I consider this to be a basic skill to qualify as a member of society. In particular any parent not familiar with emercency first aid should be charged with criminal child endangerment.Why would someone ever choose not to learn how to fix their own car?Money. If you can earn more money working than you can pay to have your car fixed in the same period of time, it's a waste of time and money for you to be able to perform more than the most basic roadside repairs, or to do them yourself. Also most modern car need specialzied equipment to analyze and repair. Few people can afford to pay a few thousand dollars for a diagnostic device they will only use once or twice in the life of a car. If you can't perform home repair work without an untenable upfront cost, why bother to learn how?Why would someone ever choose not to learn how to to play the guitar and write their own songs?I don't see how this one belongs with the rest. Playing a guitar requires a massive investment of time and energy for what amounts to a hobby. Furthermore aptitude is a real worry wrt music as some people have no sense of pitch or rhythm. Music is enjoyable but not helpful in day to day work generally.Magic is incredibly powerful and useful, even 0 level spells like ghostlight or pretidigitation. OTOH Most magic in D&D is used to kill things. Aside from a few spells like Prestidigitation and unseen servent few arcane spells have any use outside of combat. Perhaps asking why most people do not learn magic, is like asking why most people do not learn to fire RPGs or drive Tanks. Hmm.. I think I'm going to go start a poll.</blockquote>

Verification