Realm magic

[Drakyrias]

Is there any complications (beyond book keeping and extra work on the GM for interactions), with having different realms for different practitioners in the same game world?

I.E. The Masters of the Arcane using 7 realms (Life, Matter, Energy, Time, Space, and Mind

However Dragonblooded practice far more limited sub realms (Beast, Man, Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Movement, Illusion, Mind, Knowledge)

The Gods themselves on the other hand practice (Matter (comprising both living and unliving matter), Dimension (Time and Space), Mind, Energy and Soul), with perhaps different pantheons or individual gods practicing only limited subrealms depending on their portfolio.


and in a related question, is there any complications pairing this with Path/book magic for more limited practitioners who are far more ritual bound for their works?

[Refplace]

Nope.
I use something similar which call Affinities.

[Phantasm]

One thing I've experimented with is having sub-realms that are half the point cost of a wider realm.

For example, if I go with six core realms - Energy, Mind, Matter, Spirit, Space, and Time - at 20/level in a 6-level arrangement, a houngan animating a corpse or Gypsy with a shapeshifting curse would use a sub-realm of Matter called Body for 10/level. Likewise a beastmaster type would use a sub-realm of Mind called Animal, also 10/level, and also likely Body rather than Matter.

Not every sweeping realm has to have sub-realms, of course. I'm having a hard time (pun not intended) thinking of potential sub-realms for Time, for example. But the half-price sub-realm concept works wonderfully for me.

If it helps, think of sub-realms as a -50% Specialized or Accessibility limitation on the main realm.

Clear as mud?

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

One thing I've experimented with is having sub-realms that are half the point cost of a wider realm.

I use the standard categories such as fr Detect and other powers.
Control can give you a good model here. So Broad, Narrow, Occasional. etc all costing differently.

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by Refplace

Control can give you a good model here. So Broad, Narrow, Occasional. etc all costing differently.

I'll be honest, I never considered going into that fine a detail for it, but it is an intriguing thought. I prefer to keep things relatively simple, but I can see the appeal of a more finely granulated approach. Care to give some examples?

[AlexanderHowl]

As long as the cost of the Realms reflect the inaccessible Realms of the setting, I do not see any particular issue.

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

I'll be honest, I never considered going into that fine a detail for it, but it is an intriguing thought. I prefer to keep things relatively simple, but I can see the appeal of a more finely granulated approach. Care to give some examples?

http://refplace.blogspot.com/p/the-l...ary-human.html
You'll notice the styles are not balanced against each other but that is a setting decision. I was not concerned with balance between various professional guilds and players will choose the best for them.