No.250341473
>fantasy setting has magic and flying creatures
>still using horses as main transportation

No.250341651
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>setting has nuclear energy
>still using coal as main energy source

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    There are deaf people in our world that refuse cochlear implants. Why the hell does magic need a reason to “not work” when people IRL prefer to stay the way they are?

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      Heal in both D&D5e and Pathfinder heals, among other things, Blinded and Deafened statuses. Your deaf character is the target of a heal spell. Rules as written, your character can hear again, whether you’d like to or not, end of story.

      Why the hell does magic need a reason to “not work”

      For the same reason any D&D story dealing with an actual disease epidemic needs a deus ex for Lesser Restoration, Heal or other spells to fail to cure said disease.

      people IRL prefer to stay the way they are

      And some would rather be cured IRL. Your point is completely irrelevant because it’s not about choice, the question is “why the people wanting to be cured haven’t been cured yet?”

      The funny thing is that in low fantasy settings where magical healing is very limited, this whole discussion doesn’t exist.

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        7 months ago

        My dude, people exist IN OUR WORLD with EASILY TREATABLE CONDITIONS that for a variety of reasons HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED. It’s not a head scratcher.