Thread: [BRP/Magic World] Advanced Sorcery announced!

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Advanced Sorcery

Magic World & Basic Roleplaying sourcebook for 2012.

ADVANCED SORCERY
Sorcery Systems for Magic World & Basic Roleplaying.

Item # CHA2029
MSRP $To Be Determined
ISBN10: 156882369X
ISBN13: 9781568823690
Written by Lynn Willis, Lawrence Whitaker, and Friends.
Edited by Ben Monroe
Cover art by Ilich Henriquez

It had taken days for Curumir to attain the summit of the Copper Peaks. He stood at the highest point in the realm, casting his gaze across the land. There was a sickness in the valley; a sickness fey and malign. Black mist crept from Lake Nauriel, and the Count's Court had fallen silent.
In his mind, he pierced the veil between the world, and other places. From these places he drew forth power: elemental fire, the cold of space, the winds of time. And as he drew them together, he knew the land's malady.

Somewhere, the Dragon stirred…

Advanced Sorcery is a supplement to the Magic World roleplaying game.. Whether steeped in philosophy and existentialism, or action and carnage, the one commonality to all tales of fantasy is the influence of the supernatural on the natural world. Mages, wizards and sorcerers force the world to bend to their will. They grab the raw stuff, the fundamental essence of the universe, and force it to do their bidding.

Advanced Sorcery adds new options to players of Magic World, as well as other Basic Roleplaying-based roleplaying games.

Within this book are five distinct chapters:

Deep Magic Mages learn to pull and re-weave the web of reality itself, rather than learning magic by rote and formula.
The Summoner’s Art expanded rules for summoning demons and elementals.
Runes are magical symbols which can be combined for intricate and devastating effects.
Necromancy whether to cheat, or enslave Death, necromancers are among the most foul magicians ever known.
Herbalism details simple and natural concoctions of herbs which can heal, harm or entrance the imbiber.

Cool cover !

I was really excited to hear that they had chosen to do the Magic World reboot, and now there will be supplements?!?

Vicious! Kind of reassures me that Magic World will make it to print. Huzzah!

Thanks for the info--

Originally Posted by zomben

Deep Magic Mages learn to pull and re-weave the web of reality itself, rather than learning magic by rote and formula.

Does this mean that BRP/Magic World will be getting a freeform magic system a la Ars Magica or Mage: The Ascension?
How does this source book tally in with the Basic Magic supplement? Is the Basic Magic supplement needed to use it?
How usable will Advanced Sorcery be with alternative settings? Could I use it in Merry England, for example?
Will it also be compatible with RuneQuest 6?

Other than that - I'm stoked! The cover does indeed look awesome! Hope the Magic World and Enlightened Magic look as good as that?

awesome cover!


I guess Deep magic is the same magic system from Elric's Unknow East supplement.

Yep, great cover.
I'm letting go of my trepidations and letting the expectations ramp up for Magic World and its spawn.

Originally Posted by onearmspence

awesome cover!


I guess Deep magic is the same magic system from Elric's Unknow East supplement.

Indeed it is! Most of the Advanced Sorcery book is pulled from the Bronze Grimoire, but Deep Magic was from the Unknown East, and "Herbalism" is a repurposing of the "Drugs" section of the Melnibone sourcebook.

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

Does this mean that BRP/Magic World will be getting a freeform magic system a la Ars Magica or Mage: The Ascension?

Yeah, essentially.

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

How does this source book tally in with the Basic Magic supplement? Is the Basic Magic supplement needed to use it?

It doesn't have anything to do with Basic Magic. It's a standalone sourcebook for Magic World, or BRP.

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

How usable will Advanced Sorcery be with alternative settings? Could I use it in Merry England, for example?

It's a setting-free book, so you can do whatever you want with it.

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

Will it also be compatible with RuneQuest 6?

As much as any BRP book is compatible with RQ6.

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

Other than that - I'm stoked! The cover does indeed look awesome! Hope the Magic World and Enlightened Magic look as good as that?

Originally Posted by GerallKahla

I was really excited to hear that they had chosen to do the Magic World reboot, and now there will be supplements?!?

There's one other supplement after Advanced Sorcery, which is nearly completed. I've got two more on my radar which are in various stages of development.

Cool.

One of my longest running games from my student years in the 1990s was Mage: The Ascension and while I didn't play Ars Magica anything like as much it was always a favorite too. Now, I can take the best concepts of both these games and play a magic-orientated 'occult world' game in the BRP system.

Indeed, the notion of doing a 'Paradigm War' style setting is now a distinct possibility.