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Unifying mundane skills and magical spells?

Started by BoxCrayonTales, June 15, 2017, 10:28:25 AM

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Ravenswing

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December 17, 2017, 02:50:44 PM
Something I want to throw out there is S. John Ross' "Hedge Magic" deal for GURPS.  It's not an overly long article, but the TL;DR version is that use of otherwise mundane skills just plain work better, with the use of appropriate folk rituals and suchlike.  Using Physician skill to treat a sick patient will result in him getting better faster; using Animal Handling on that out-of-control horse (along with a few chanted Secret Words and the proper sign) will calm it down; using Meteorology skill would divine the weather a day or so sooner, and give insights into just how bad that blizzard would be.  And so on.
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BoxCrayonTales

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December 18, 2017, 09:35:44 AM
Quote from: Ravenswing;1014415Something I want to throw out there is S. John Ross' "Hedge Magic" deal for GURPS.  It's not an overly long article, but the TL;DR version is that use of otherwise mundane skills just plain work better, with the use of appropriate folk rituals and suchlike.  Using Physician skill to treat a sick patient will result in him getting better faster; using Animal Handling on that out-of-control horse (along with a few chanted Secret Words and the proper sign) will calm it down; using Meteorology skill would divine the weather a day or so sooner, and give insights into just how bad that blizzard would be.  And so on.

Thank you, that looks really useful. Oh, and I found a mirror on another site.

The mundane/subtle/blatant distinction is something that really sounds neat and fits with my vague idea of magic as a matter of degree.
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