I like this idea. Great genesis for a campaign...
Magic had worked like 'normal' with GURPS rules, then one sorcerer discovered a new process and starts cranking out magic items left and right making a fortune in the process.
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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin
Easily abused. You start mass producing the good swords and storing the bad ones in the bottom of a mine shaft. It is a nasty surprise for dungeon delvers of a future generation to find an entire armory of cursed weapons.
Still, in the present day you'll be able to produce magic stuff as fast as you can work the ritual and just hide those cursed items.
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Rivals get jealous, they spy, they scheme, they wind up killing the sorcerer and stealing his notes...
Enter the PCs, they discover the secret behind the process and a map to the old mines where the 'bad' items have been dumped and lying unguarded for years. Bad calls to Bad. 'Things' have moved in. The PC's have to deal with the whole mess. ... Oh, and there's all those rivals who are feverishly working to translate the stolen notes into a workable process so they can start the whole mess over again.