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

You'll definitely also want to check out "Enlightened Magic" too, then. It's got some great material on running modern occult/urban fantasy games for BRP.

Originally Posted by zomben

I've got two more on my radar which are in various stages of development.

Any hints or clues as to type of content on these other supplements? More magic systems? Setting sandboxes? A bestiary or similar compendium?

How many more questions could one ask in a row? I won't tell anyone...

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

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

Closest thing I could think of that could match this among the previously-published material out there would be Nephilim.

Originally Posted by zomben

You'll definitely also want to check out "Enlightened Magic" too, then. It's got some great material on running modern occult/urban fantasy games for BRP.

That sounds like fun! Maybe getting a Nephilim-style setting going using only Enlightened Magic...

Either way, it sounds like BRP is getting some interesting support for the future. Thanks for the heads-up, zomben.

I knew about John Snead's Enlightened Magic too, and in fact used to own the original Liber Ka. I will be picking that up too.

Nephilim had it's issues as a game - excessively long life-path-though-several-epochs character generation, and the very fact that many gamers didn't actually want to play a repossessing spirit, but rather wanted to play mortal folk introduced into the occult world. Nephilim was Chaosium's attempt at doing their own version of Vampire, really. It wasn't really a game about a paradigm war, more a game about personal power accumulation amidst occult conspiracies (politics amongst super powered immortals). Unknown Armies offers something like a paradigm war, and it is at least percentile so could be adapted to BRP. However, the magic(k) in that game, and it's general premise is geared towards playing freaks and criminals, rather than 'enlightened visionaries', which is what I'm after really.

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

Nephilim was Chaosium's attempt at doing their own version of Vampire, really. It wasn't really a game about a paradigm war, more a game about personal power accumulation amidst occult conspiracies (politics amongst super powered immortals).

Fair enough. However, it sprang to mind due to the elemental-ties that characters had and the multiple-element effects they could create. Reminded me quite a bit of the M:tA mechanics of blending dots of various Spheres for advanced effects.

Still, I hope you find the rules you like to get your enlightened visionaries game off the ground. Sorry for running the thread so OT!

Originally Posted by GerallKahla

Any hints or clues as to type of content on these other supplements? More magic systems? Setting sandboxes? A bestiary or similar compendium

Not until things are firmed up a bit, but I'm very excited about what's in the cooker right now.

Exciting news! I've been working with Charles Green, who has revised/reworked his magic material from the "Gods of Law" and "Gods of Chaos" monographs. All of the sorcery spells from those two books, as well as a couple of new demon abilities will all be included in the Advanced Sorcery book. So, this adds an additional 27 sorcery spells to the game, all of which are weird, powerful spells. I'm very happy about this addition, and think it adds tremendous value to the book.

Also, I'm really happy to be able to get Charles' material into print finally.

Sweet! This should be a good collected source of material.

Excellent news!

Originally Posted by zomben

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.

Originally Posted by zomben

Not until things are firmed up a bit, but I'm very excited about what's in the cooker right now.

You naughty little tease!