Alchemical Baroque and Dungeon Fantasy

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Isn't that like most of the point of the setting? It is a Thaumatology book after all.

Well, yes. And also no.

Remember that it was originally a chapter in All-Star Jam 2004 (well, actually, it was originally an idea I kicked around in about 1992, but never mind). The old Ritual Magic system was the best fit for the concept, so I dropped that straight in. So, when Ritual Magic became Path/Book Magic in Thaumatology, I had a ready-done example setting which used it. The fit remains good, but for me personally, it's the fairy-tale/European Enlightenment fantasy stuff that defines it, more than the magic system per se.

If you're going to run dungeon bashes in the setting, I'd want to work with that idea. Lots of fairy-tale whimsy - an almost Alice in Wonderland feel, even - and solving problems with wit, a touch of high explosives or the odd big axe, and a lot of good advice from your cat. Do-able, but somewhat variant from most of the DF books, to be sure.