Thread: [Magic World] Let's talk about it!

Well I was sold on this already when I heard about it being mentioned at first and will be the basis for all my fantasy campaigns in the future. The only competition for that at the moment is the the new upcoming Rolemaster but I have decided to go BRP since that is where my roots in roleplaying comes from. I know many have mentioned the Hit Location rules and as mentioned see no problem in pulling it from the BRP book and implementing it. I have also thought it might be a nice addition to an expansion set where you get a nice already prepared character sheet for you so you don't have to design and adapt your own.
Even though I do prefer the Hit Location rules I have no problems with the Major Wound rules. In fact have used it in a couple of sessions lately and even though you lost some of the details you instead gained in speed and more fluid combats so the pro's and con's weighed each other out. The plan is to go with the RAW as much as possible.

My wallet is just waiting for MW to be released.

Originally Posted by Toadmaster

What if any relationship does the sorcery in Magic World share with RQ3? I see lots of comments about RQ3 sorcery, few complementry.

Originally Posted by zomben

There's pretty much no relationship between the two. I mean, aside from them both being magic systems.

MW Sorcery is essentially the "Sorcery" system from the Big Gold Book, Elric!, and Stormbringer 4e/5e. If anything, this Sorcery system mechanically resembles Spirit Magic from RQ3, Battle Magic from RQ2, or Common Magic from MRQII/Legend.

RQ Sorcery, on the other hand, starts with the skill-based BRP Magic system from the Gold Book and adds rules to amplify or combine spells. Chaosium's Magic Book renamed it Wizardry to avoid confusion, but RQ and Glorantha material keeps the old name.

Will there be something similar to feats in 3.5?

I use the term feats reluctantly because it immediately put most people off, but I don't mean anything like the sheer amount of feats in 3.5, or necessarily the amoiunt of detail they go into.

Originally Posted by Scout

Will there be something similar to feats in 3.5?

I use the term feats reluctantly because it immediately put most people off, but I don't mean anything like the sheer amount of feats in 3.5, or necessarily the amoiunt of detail they go into.

I don't believe there is anything like Feats. Ki skills from the old LoN should drop in fine though.

SDLeary

Ok thank you

Originally Posted by Scout

Will there be something similar to feats in 3.5?

I use the term feats reluctantly because it immediately put most people off, but I don't mean anything like the sheer amount of feats in 3.5, or necessarily the amoiunt of detail they go into.

There's some stuff in Advacned Sorcery you will find VERY interesting...



Cheers,

Nick

Yup, Nick has taken the "Ki" system from LoN, and rebuilt it as "Arete". That'll be in the Advanced Sorcery book, and it's really excellent stuff.

Originally Posted by zomben

Yup, Nick has taken the "Ki" system from LoN, and rebuilt it as "Arete". That'll be in the Advanced Sorcery book, and it's really excellent stuff.

This is very cool. Really. I've always mixed RQ3 stuff in my Stormbringer. Having this kind of blend already set up is great.

Originally Posted by smiorgan

This is very cool. Really. I've always mixed RQ3 stuff in my Stormbringer. Having this kind of blend already set up is great.

I've been a fan of both RQ3 and Stormbringer/Elric! for years. My ideal version of a fantasy BRP is a hybrid of both. And it's called "Magic World".

Originally Posted by NickMiddleton

There's some stuff in Advacned Sorcery you will find VERY interesting...



Cheers,

Nick

OMG! A very excellent system sir!

SDLeary