10-04-2013, 04:47 PM | #11 | |
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Back to RPM, I personally think that it should be the standard magic system for 5e :) |
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10-04-2013, 06:09 PM | #12 |
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Re: Ritual Path Magic already has supplements?
Actually, this thread is about how awesome Pyramid is and why everyone would find useful... Especially in relation to RPM. :)
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10-04-2013, 06:10 PM | #13 |
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Re: Ritual Path Magic already has supplements?
Someone should ask you a question about your thoughts on this, and record them on video or something. For posterity.
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10-04-2013, 06:10 PM | #14 |
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Re: Ritual Path Magic already has supplements?
...you know. Like you do...
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10-04-2013, 06:37 PM | #15 |
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Re: Ritual Path Magic already has supplements?
Bottled Magic - More rituals is very nice, and the Alchemy rules were interesting and I allow them in my game, however, the lack of 'Potions as Shopping' hurt, and also, Alchemy is still to closely tied to RPM Magic (what with magery requirements and following same rules mostly and all) that it doesn'[t seem very different . . . . I really like the GURPS Magic potions (and the other potions from Pyramid), and thus, I still much prefer my own homekludged alchemy rules (which are heavily inspired by a horrible trainwreck of trying to combine GURPS Magic alchemy and RPK's mygurps DF Alchemy)
One particle thing of much interest in it was the idea of granting 'Spendable CP' with a spell Metatronic Generators - shopping based magic items?! Hey, this definitely needs some serious checking out . . . . I read this article but didn't think very much about it at the time, I'll need to reread it Magical Tradecraft - I enjoyed the extra examples of done up rituals, but Ill admit Im just not very interested in spies and assassins so wasn't a theme I was into Onomancy - An amusing idea though I haven't been able to apply it anywhere. Bibliomancy - its not RPM, but I dont care, it is Awesome! Awesome! It needs an RPM sequel The Old Ways - These are some great spells and are mostly low powered handy spells I can really see people using! I love 'Bewitched Basketry', it is just the sort of awesome spell that GURPS is known for such as Haircut that really gives depth and flavor to a setting. I like the random plant namer and the Herb Lore rules to! Hunting the Cabal - I haven't gotten around to this one yet sorry |
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And for the general record, I have a veritable army of fantastic people who help me whip my articles into shape. I wouldn't be half as good without their amazing input and willingness to bash the hell out of my articles till they bleed. :-) Edit: stupid thing ate the last part of my post; Thank you Kalzazz for taking the time to offer your thoughts. It means a lot.
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10-04-2013, 11:50 PM | #17 |
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I just want to thank the HECK out of Kalzazz for actually critiquing each article. That's exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping to see!
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10-07-2013, 02:20 AM | #18 |
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Re: Ritual Path Magic already has supplements?
In terms of RPM's "supplements": I posted my critique of the Bottled Magic rules not long after the article first came out; I'm happy to see that it had an impact on the revised version found in RPM. At this point, I consider the original Bottled Magic article to be of historical significance only: use the version found in RPM instead.
RPM also has rules for "Slow and Sure Enchanting". The rules are based on the Improvement Through Study rules (i.e., 200 hours of work gets you a character point's worth of enchantment); so the only thing that's needed from the Metatronic Generators article are the points-to-cash conversion; and frankly, even that could come from other sources. Impulse Buys has a points-for-cash option in it, which could be run in reverse: have one point of enchantment cost 10% of the campaign average starting cash. I am somewhat disappointed that the Enchantment system was almost entirely divorced from the RPM system: it's actually "buy an equivalent of your ritual's effects as item-limited Powers". It's nice; but it has about as much to do with RPM as it has to do with regular Magic. I'd rather see something that's based on the Charm Creation rules, but slowed way down to account for the fact that the enchantment is permanent: something like what the "alchemical talismans and charms" rules in Magic do for the default Alchemy system. What follows is an example of how it might be done: Shift the energy accumulation rolls from five seconds or minutes to one eight-hour day per roll (with Ritual Adept being useless for speeding things up); the time isn't spent on accumulating the energy so much as carefully weaving the energy into the item's form, which takes a lot longer. Rules for using these items could be derived from the equivalent part of the aforementioned "alchemical charms" rules, with the "talisman recharge time" being based on how many multiples of the creator's Safe Threshold (RPM page 26) the ritual's energy cost is. I haven't had the opportunity to pick up the other articles referenced, so I can't comment on them yet. Last edited by PK; 10-07-2013 at 03:58 PM. |
10-07-2013, 02:46 AM | #19 |
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Re: Ritual Path Magic already has supplements?
There's a points-for-cash mechanic right in the Basic Set: $1,000 per point for abilities which require skilled procedures and recovery time (Surgical Modifications, p. B295), or $2,000 or more per point for "instant" ability acquisition (Supernatural Modifications, p. B295).
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