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Non-wizard wizards...

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Strange title, I know. But it got your attention, right?

I have a question. Could someone tell me if I am interpreting this correctly?

In D&D, there are several ways to use magic, and the wizard class is just one of them.

(1) Bards. Sure, they cast spells. But is a bard really a special kind of sorceror? Let me explain. Their bard songs cause magical effects. They can heal wounds (war chant of the sith), they can make the recipient immune to spell effects (such as fear, confusion, etc), and they always work for all allies within range. Even if people have very different tastes in music, and even if someone would find a musician in a battle to be distracting. So is it the case that bard songs are magical in nature?

(2) Monks. Are they really wizards? As I see it, wizards take magical energy, use their body as a conduit, and then release it in a controlled manner. This is why in the black pits 2 the teleporting mage gets chunked when the prison wards don't let him release the energy. Given all of the special powers of monks, are they wizards who, rather than releasing magical energy in a controlled manner, internalize it and use it to power themselves?

These are people who can punch through steel, can run faster than any normal human, can become immune to diseases, normal weapons, etc. So is it true that they are in fact, a different kind of wizard?

(3) All non-caster classes. Fighters, thieves, etc. They start out as normal people. They can take one, maybe two or three, sword blows before they die. Pretty standard stuff, right? However, as they level up, they can take more and more punishment. To the point where one can take a direct hit from a dragon and get right back up. Or where several dozen arrows become an annoyance.

It is because of this, that I have my theory: In Faerun, magic is part of the world. Every living thing is infused with it.

Some classes directly learn how to shape it.
* Wizards learn how to actually see the world for it is, and to manipulate the energy.
* Monks are the same as wizards, only they draw magic into themselves and rather than release it, use it to strengthen themselves.
* Clerics/Druids learn how to communicate with the divine, and use their deities to shape magical energy.

Other classes represent people who, without training, use their special talents to use magic.
* Sorcerors are merely wizards who are naturally talented enough to not need training.
* Fighters and rogues are merely monks, who are talented enough to do some of what monks do without the training.
* Paladins and Rangers are a mixture of both.


And of course, the people who have the natural talent to do this are exceedingly rare. This is why there are so few people in Faerun who can reach high levels. Look at BG1 for example. Flaming fits mercenaries, amnian soldiers, gnolls, hobgoblins...they all hover in the lvl 1-3 range. Very, very few of them ever go past that. Commoners are even more squishy.

This makes me come to the conclusion that adventurers are people who have the natural talent to make use of the energy that infuses everything. It is what makes them special. It also means that when you get to the higher levels, even if you are a fighter, you are indeed practicing a certain brand of magic, even if you don't realize it.

Am I alone in thinking this way? Or is a figher just a fighter and I am overthinking this?

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