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2007-02-06, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Favorite Alternative Magic System?
What's your favorite alternative magic system?
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2007-02-06, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics. Unless Tome of Battle counts.
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2007-02-06, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
ToB sort of counts. I'm not sure on that. It's not really magic, but it kinda is.
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2007-02-06, 04:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics, though I like the way it's done in Arcana Evolved
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2007-02-06, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics, but only because it can easily be cannibalised (along with epic powers) for other formats.
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2007-02-06, 04:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics for me, hands down.
Next is Pact Magic and Truename Magic, then Incarnum, then Shadow Magic.
I don't consider martial manuevers to be magic, though. If I did, it would be right after psionics.
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2007-02-06, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
My fav is actually no magic...
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2007-02-06, 05:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-06, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-06, 05:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-06, 05:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Voted Psionics. Personally had been waiting for that longer than anything else.
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2007-02-06, 05:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics. Although I think the Tome of Magic stuff is cool, I just haven't used it enough to give it the vote. If I had ToM I would probably give the shadow magic a try.
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2007-02-06, 05:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
ToM stuff, hands down - it has the best fluff. Incarnum would be second - it seems fun, but it's a bit unwieldy (the short descriptions of soulmelds are a bit... vauge... and make you dig through the full list). Psionics is OK, but it doesn't seem THAT interesting.
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2007-02-06, 05:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I'll cast my vote for psionics since ToB isn't in there.
I really love the UA Recharge Magic varient, but in order for it to work the magic system would have to be built from the ground up with an entire new spell list taking the recharge system into account."Sometimes, we’re heroes. Sometimes, we shoot other people right in the face for money."
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2007-02-07, 11:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I'm not that familiar with other DnD options, but other games have some neat systems. GURPS is pretty cool, and works well. I'm also fond of the Talislanta system...
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2007-02-07, 04:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
The magic system in The Midnight Campaign Setting from Fantasy Flight Games is excellent. Here is the Setting preview that includes the Channeler class, which is the base spellcasting class: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/midnight.pdf
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2007-02-07, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
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2007-02-07, 09:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-07, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics for the win.
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2007-02-07, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I like Binding from ToM, but I can't honestly vote for the ToM option with shadowcasting and truespeaking in there.
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2007-02-07, 09:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics. It could easily replace the default magic system with very little effort too, just replace spells per day with MP or something >.> I should actually do that in a campaign sometime.........
The UA Recharge Magic system is also fun. Though it does negate the need for many lower level spells if you ask me...by 20th level your chain lightning is going to recharge long before you need to resort to magic missiles.
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2007-02-07, 09:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I like Pact magic best, but I also like Tome of Battle stuff, Psionics, and other Tome of Magic stuff, in that order. I don't have Incarnum or much experience with the Unearthed Arcana stuff, so I can't really place those.
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2007-02-07, 09:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Psionics for me.
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2007-02-07, 10:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I like Psionics and Incarnum alot, but I haven't really read ToM enough to comment. However, my final vote would have to go with the others who have mentioned Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved.
Monte writes some great rules, but I don't like his settings or adventures that well. If he'd get someone else to create a settings for some of his ideas (maybe even The Giant) I think they would gain some real traction.
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2007-02-08, 06:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I voted 'other,' for Harry Potter magic. To cast a spell, players have to arbitrarily shout out some broken pig-latin within a 6 second time frame. If the majority of other players cant guess what it is/what it does (or the DM cant be convinced), then the spell fails.
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2007-02-08, 11:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I like the old Runequest system - I much prefer a magic-point system to spell slots - seems more realistic (if that can be said of fantasy magic).
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2007-02-08, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
I like the magic system in Iron Heroes/True Sorcery...custom spells, danger to cast, good stuff. Also the magic in the Conan rpg...very dark ritualistic magic, stuff to be scared of...
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2007-02-08, 11:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2007-02-08, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Favorite Alternative Magic System?
Pact Magic. It seems better balanced than other types of magic. In the campaign setting I'm making it will be the only type of magic.
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2007-02-08, 12:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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