<![CDATA[Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world?]]>Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? What's the most unexpected realisation you've had about how things will work differently?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/97b824c9-de5f-4c40-a3f9-fa9e0bd1c8f3/have-you-thought-through-the-consequences-of-having-magic-in-your-worldRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:06:27 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 22:40:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Wed, 13 May 2026 21:34:49 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @michaelgemar @golgaloth

DONT DIE DAMMIT!!!

/Punches chest desperately

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116569413373174882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116569413373174882Wed, 13 May 2026 21:34:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:39:24 GMT]]>@golgaloth Dead guy: "I don't know, he had covered his face."

Or "I don't know. Some guy with a knife I had never seen before."

Or "I don't know. I felt sick when I came home and died two hours later."

Or "The last thing I remember is getting pushed from behind."

Talking with the dead can help, but in most cases it won't identify the attacker.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116566128375904325https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116566128375904325Wed, 13 May 2026 07:39:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Wed, 13 May 2026 00:05:21 GMT]]>@golgaloth ...and thinking about this i think now we have one *more* witness (the resurrecting cleric who may be cross-examined about their methods and known side effects they might have on a previously deceased's memory)]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/19648f26-fde4-4347-a433-b80831f44721https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/19648f26-fde4-4347-a433-b80831f44721Wed, 13 May 2026 00:05:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Wed, 13 May 2026 00:04:34 GMT]]>@golgaloth i remember in criminal law class someone quipping that "murder is just assault with one less witness"...]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/2244b22d-86a2-471d-80c6-3f66e5649761https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/2244b22d-86a2-471d-80c6-3f66e5649761Wed, 13 May 2026 00:04:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Tue, 12 May 2026 23:39:10 GMT]]>@golgaloth Arcanum has a murder victim who lies in order to falsely accuse an innocent.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/arem/statuses/116564240016961688https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/arem/statuses/116564240016961688Tue, 12 May 2026 23:39:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Tue, 12 May 2026 23:15:54 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @michaelgemar @golgaloth Healing _is_ necromancy in 5e...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/trantion/statuses/116564148525378258https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/trantion/statuses/116564148525378258Tue, 12 May 2026 23:15:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:54:07 GMT]]>@michaelgemar @golgaloth

One of the jokes in that world is that a necromancer is just a healer who went too far.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116564062858021983https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116564062858021983Tue, 12 May 2026 22:54:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:52:45 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @golgaloth Eh, cleric or necromancer is largely just a matter of perspective…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116564057508661657https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116564057508661657Tue, 12 May 2026 22:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:51:48 GMT]]>@golgaloth Whenever I play a fantasy TTRPG, I think of the ways magic could be deployed at a civic/industrial scale: Continual light as street lamps on every city corner; Golems and elementals powering heavy industry; Zone of truth in all city watch jails and courtrooms.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116564053751780449https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116564053751780449Tue, 12 May 2026 22:51:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:51:01 GMT]]>@golgaloth

I have a character who solves murders like that cleric does.

I mean, she's a necromancer, not a cleric, but still.

It's hard for murderers to escape justice when a necromancer raises their victims testify against them in court.

Maybe that's why necromancers are often burned at the stake.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116564050662844418https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116564050662844418Tue, 12 May 2026 22:51:01 GMT