Alright, my train of thought was interrupted, so I'm going to post something different. Here's some things I was thinking about doing for Darksun (and I'm talking in broad strokes here. I'm not accessing my notes, which I haven't looked at in a long time).
I'd like to see a Defiler/Preserver that is unified and draws energy from the surroundings. I've just been calling it Channeling. The thought would be that Channeling builds up a 'residue' in the mage's body which subjects the mage to a CON:POT check (or something). Failing the check leads to addiction, and the mage would have to make a check not to defile, becoming a defiler. This residue could cause other adverse effects like an insanity or two or present itself in some physical manifestation. A mage wouldn't be utilizing their own MP reserves, but would be limited on how much their body could handle.
For elemental worship, I had been thinking along the lines of a cleric devoting POW to an entity and receiving powers that are aligned with that elemental's plane and in return, the character would have certain restrictions placed on them. Originally, this had been inspired by a section of Sandy's Sorcery rules. I had to smile when I read Loz's MRQ Elric book because his pact system was very similar to what I was thinking of doing.
For Psionics, I was just thinking about adapting the GURPS Psionics book. Psions would use their own MP reserve to power their abilities. I'd like to tie psionics and channelling together somehow for dragon/avangion magic but haven't really sussed out how to do it.
For druids, I was thinking about using the RQ3 shaman rules. The fetch would represent the awakening relationship between the druid and the world spirit (or whatever).
Anyway, like I said, these are broad ideas. For some of them I've hammered out a few ways of doing it. The others are just general ideas.
Whatdayathink?
Greatbear: Which D&D critters? Are you talking elves, halflings and dwarves or something I'm not seeing? Are you talking about getting rid of magic or psionics, or having them operate under the same mechanical system and vary them by description? (Sorry, these are short questions, but don't take them as being terse. I'm interested in your take on it.
fmitchell: Yeah, psionics are all over the place. You can't spit with hitting someone with a psionic power. Still, defiling is a really big part of the athas mythos.
Yeah, I'm thinking Thri-Kreen get a normal attack and if they want multiple attacks, they have to split their skill like everybody else.
tedopon: love to see that doc. I thought I had found everything BRP Darksun web based but this is news to me.
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