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An alternative sorcery system usable with all osr or old edition of the D&D game
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BeyondVance,amagicsystemThisisavariantmagicsystemforoldschoolgames(likeDungeons&Dragons,AdvancedDungeons&Dragons,AdventurerConquerorKingSystem,Sword&Wizardry,FantasticHeroes&Witchery,BasicFantasyRPG,OSRIC,Blood&Treasure,Ambition&Avarice,IronFalconandsomanyothers)andmoreorlessanygamewhouseafireandforgetorspellslotsystem.MostimportantformethiswillbethemagicsystemofmyretrocloneprojectCastles&Chimeras.
Avariationofsorcery
Thenucleusofthissystemissimilartothesorcererrulesofthed20OSRorthemagicsystemofAdventurerConquerorKingSystemandD&D5thedition,inbriefeachspellcasterhasareserveofstoredMagicalEnergySlotsthatcanbeusedtocastReadySpells.ThenumberofMagicalEnergySlotsandofReadySpellisdependentbytheSpellCasterlevel,fornumberofspellsconsult"EnergySlotsTable",oryournormalmemorizationtable(readyspellsare2moreoftheslotsusable).
EnergySlotsTable
DifferentlyfromothersystemReadySpellscanbechangedwithtime,moneyandeffort(1dayperspelllevel+100gpperspellleveltobeconsumedinspellpreparationifthespellbookisathand,otherwisethetimeis1week*spellleveland1000gpperspelllevel,somehowsimilartotheegregiousAdventurerConquerorKingSystem),oncereadiedspellsstayreadiedunlesssomethingbadhappentothespellcaster(deathandresurrection,headtrauma,broughtto0hpwithheadinjuriesandthelike),inwhichcaseforeachspellthespellcastermustmakeasavingthroworlosethespellthatwillhavetobereadiedagain.
ThebiggestdifferencewithothersystemsisthewayMagicalEnergySlotsarerecovered,theideaisthatlikeinspellpointsystemastimepassesspellslotsslowlyrecharge,thetimecanbecountedonlyfromthelasttimeaspellwasused(evenalowlycantrip),sospellcastershouldtrytonotusemagicwhenisnotnecessary(unlesstheydon'tneedtorecoverhigherlevelspells)thismethodwillgivespellcasteralmostalwaysalittlenumberofcantripsandlowlevelspellsenergyslotsduringthedaybuttheywillneedtorestanddon'tusemagictorecoverhighlevelspellslots,thisisamixofOSRIC/AD&D1sttimetomemorizespellsandmorerecentgamesthatwith1nightofsleepgivebackallenergyslotstoaspellcaster,fortimesconsult"EnergySlotsRecoveryTable".
Anotherdifferenceisthepresenceof0thlevelspellsthatworkslikeotherspells(theyhavenotinfiniteusesandwhichcantripareReadycanbechangedaswithspells),thisismoresimilartotheoriginalideaofcantrips,youcanreadyacantripin1hand10gpifyouhaveaspellbookathand,doublethatw/outaspellbook.
Thisvariationscanbefreelyadoptedinanyoldschoolgame.
Soforexamplea1stlevelMagewillbeabletoready5cantripsand31stlevelspellsandhewillhave30thand11stlevelenergyslots.Ifhedon'tcastanyspellfor15'minuteshewillrecover2cantripsenergyslots,after30'3cantripsand11stlevelenergyslots,after1h3cantripand21stbutsinceheonlyhave11stlevelitcanusethe2nd1stleveltorecoveranothercantrip.
EnergySlotsRecoveryTable
sabato2maggio2015
PubblicatodaFabioMilitoPagliaraa19:52 Nessuncommento:
It'sakindofmagic
AnotherparticularityoftheCastles&Chimerasmagicsystemisthatthereisonlyonekindoffullspellcaster,buthemustchosewhichkindofmagichewilluse:
Whitemagic:goodatprotection,banishment,destroyngundead,healing,recovery,strenghtening,divination,resurrection(clericspelllistrevisedwithadditions)Elemental/Graymagic:goodatelementalmanipulation,transformation(magespelllistrevisedwithadditions)Blackmagic:summoning,deathanddecay,poisoning,cursing(mustbeselectedbuttheideaisclear)Naturemagic:druidspelllistrevisedwithadditions(weathercontrol,earthquakes,animalfriend/speak,treecontrolandsoonsomepolymorphingmostlyanimals,someregeneration,reincarnation)BodyMagic:polymorphing,regeneration(differentkindofhealing,seetheOccultPhysicianonthisblog)Prismaticmagic:illusions,shadows(illusionistspelllistrevisedwithadditions)Others:(Charm,Mind,Ki.......)
thereissomeoverlappingbuteachkindofmagiciswaybetterinitsareaofspecialization,otherkindofeffectareusablebutonlyashigherlevelspells(suchas+1to+3levelforthesameeffect).
thuseachspellcasterwillneedbookstoquicklychangeitsreadiedspellsandwillhavelimitsonthenumberofspellsshecanknow,furthermoreeachkindofmagicwillgivetothecasterspecificabilityandorganizations(tobefurtherdeveloped).
Agamewithasimilarapproach,nodivinemagicwithspells,istheexcellentFantasticHeroes&Witchery.
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