The MagicWorld stuff has made it into BRP as "Magic"; the "Sorcery" stuff is actually the Sorcery from Stormbringer 5th Edition, and has nothing to do with any of the RuneQuest version.s
BRP Sorcery is actually a very simple and tidy system - basically anyone with POW 16+ can use sorcery, sorcery spells can have 1-4 "levels" (though most just have 1), and you can hold in your memory as many levels of sorcery as your INT. You can store all other sorcery spells you own in your Grimoire, and swap them in and out of memory as required.
Casting Sorcery spells costs 1PP per level of spell. They always work (ie no % roll like Magic), but may require a Resistance Roll (usually PP vs PP) to take effect against a resisting target.
That's pretty much it. BRP gives you a basic list of spells, but the system is very modular and its easy to plug in new ones. For ease of use it's reminiscent of RQ2 Battle Magic, but includes some cool stuff like group sorcery workings, summonings, and so on.
Hope that helps,
Sarah
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