[DF] Easy arcane magic for Dungeon Fantasy

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Originally Posted by Langy

The base magic system quite simply sucks, especially if you need to have skill 25-30 before it's in any way useful.

It sucks if all you want to do is direct damage--innate attacks are built specifically for that purpose. But a DF wizard ought to have utility, and it's hard to do that efficiently with powers. And you can still have direct damage in your bag of tricks.

Originally Posted by Langy

And that 6d attack can only be used once or twice an adventure, while the 1d burning attack can be used much, much more frequently.

With that 20 Lightning Stare skill, you can hit someone for 2d for no FP and the various cool "lightning" effects. Or choose to spend more energy and do more damage. That's versatility. And it's built into the system for you. If you want to do magic-as-powers, you have to build it from scratch. For beginners who want to play wizards, I just give them a couple of sample spell-lists to choose from that I know will work well and highlight the most important spells.