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RPG Pundit's New Real-World Magic System

Started by PencilBoy99, July 27, 2020, 02:24:26 PM

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PencilBoy99

July 27, 2020, 02:24:26 PM
Lets use this thread for all of the ideas we want to foist on the Pundit for his sweet new "Real-World" Magic Game!

GeekEclectic

#1
July 27, 2020, 09:18:40 PM
Is this supposed to be an OSR answer to the World of Darkness and its ilk?
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#2
July 27, 2020, 11:02:19 PM
Part of me has always wanted to see a system kind of modeled off Cultist Simulator's rituals, where the lore, implement, and invocation all play a role in what happens when you cast a spell.

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#3
July 28, 2020, 05:28:22 AM
Quote from: GeekEclectic;1142043Is this supposed to be an OSR answer to the World of Darkness and its ilk?

Definitely not.
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#4
July 28, 2020, 10:27:35 AM
Hi Pundit,

Quick question: Are you considering to use "real" magical traditions and cults, or just use them as inspiration? Thank you!

Mad Tom

#5
July 28, 2020, 12:07:11 PM
Hi Pundit,

So will this system be closer to D&D-based OSR like Lion & Dragon, i.e. using 6 stats and d20 resolution die? Or are you looking at something more like d100 or d6 resolution mechanic?

Personally I'd also love to see something informed by real/traditional magic(k)al systems, like John Dee, the Golden Dawn, Chaos Magick, etc.

And I'm guessing the magic system will be decidedly not Vancian?

spon

#6
July 28, 2020, 06:36:15 PM
I want it to be the system from Fantasy Wargaming, only done right. So, actually NOT the system from Fantasy Wargaming!

VisionStorm

#7
July 28, 2020, 06:48:06 PM
The real question is: Will we be able to make crystal gazing New Agers and Fluff-Bunny Wiccans? *big think emoji*

Shawn Driscoll

#8
July 28, 2020, 11:11:37 PM
Quote from: GeekEclectic;1142043Is this supposed to be an OSR answer to the World of Darkness and its ilk?

World of Darkness is real-world?

Mistwell

#9
July 29, 2020, 12:11:40 AM
I'd love to see something in I Ching. Tarot would be nice as well.

Dracones

#10
July 29, 2020, 12:36:28 AM
Quote from: spon;1142174I want it to be the system from Fantasy Wargaming, only done right. So, actually NOT the system from Fantasy Wargaming!

I was thinking the same thing. The book was the closest thing I'd seen in RPGs to some of the textbooks I had from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. But man, what a bad RPG.

Shasarak

#11
July 29, 2020, 01:50:22 AM
Is it just me that finds the term Real World Magic to be an oxymoron?
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#12
July 29, 2020, 04:27:58 PM
Quote from: Shasarak;1142216Is it just me that finds the term Real World Magic to be an oxymoron?

Only if you take it literally, I bet he means the same as his magic on Lion & Dragon, true to the way people from the time think it works.

So for IRL Magic this might mean: Crystals have power, Sound/Smell/Color have power, The rituals of the "Witches" of Real World work, same with the Wiccans, etc.

Maybe Spirit Cooking and other IRL stuff will be included as if it worked.
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July 29, 2020, 04:30:15 PM
Are there going to be a faction based on the crazy Cthulhu Satanists?
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#14
July 29, 2020, 04:35:08 PM
Quote from: spon;1142174I want it to be the system from Fantasy Wargaming, only done right. So, actually NOT the system from Fantasy Wargaming!

I actually have come to really appreciate FW quite a bit. I am certain the game is actually extremely playable, it's just written in a way that makes it difficult to figure out. The next game I run is going to us FW just to see how it works.
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