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minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·1 year agoI resent how D&D and others turned Magic into Science, with numbers and formulas. Magic is magic, it doesn’t need a reason or an explanation to work. Or not.
minus-squareRheios@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoI can’t think of any media that explores its magic at any level where that isn’t true though, tbh.
minus-squarevithigarlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoThe Last Unicorn. The fact that magic is inherently uncontrollable and has a will of its own is central to the plot.
minus-squareRheios@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI need to watch that, I’ve heard good things but have never seen it.
minus-squaremightbejackie@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI have the opposite take. I fucking love detailed hard magic systems.
I resent how D&D and others turned Magic into Science, with numbers and formulas. Magic is magic, it doesn’t need a reason or an explanation to work. Or not.
I can’t think of any media that explores its magic at any level where that isn’t true though, tbh.
The Last Unicorn.
The fact that magic is inherently uncontrollable and has a will of its own is central to the plot.
I need to watch that, I’ve heard good things but have never seen it.
I have the opposite take. I fucking love detailed hard magic systems.