Shadowrun Sorcery

[Kesendeja]

I’ve been thinking about my Shadowrun game and have an idea for magic. It’s based loosely on the ritual spellcasting out of the Magic book.

All spells are techniques based of a single skill called Sorcery, which is an IQ/VH skill.

I’m not sure about removing prerequisites though.

This does have the potential to bring down the cost of spells, and a GURPS mage has to have a lot more than their Shadowrun counterparts.

Thoughts?

[AlexanderHowl]

Considering the power level of Shadowrun sorcery, that would be rather unbalancing, as beginning mages are capable of casting combat spells that are more powerful than sniper rifles. I would purchase each spell as a Magical ability, with the lower value spells possibly being alternative abilities of the most powerful spells.

[mlangsdorf]

The existing GURPS Thaumatology: Sorcery PDF presents an alternate magic system similar to what AlexanderHowl suggests, and it is a decent representation of Shadowrun magic.