beyond vance magic system osr fmp

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.