Sounds like ArM is changing a fair bit. Is there some kind of schedule
for the books he's talking about? Seems like we should plan an update if
there are major changes.

"Maybe once Faerie comes out and all the Realms of Power books are done, we
might see
an update? <smiles and looks encouraging>"



Patrick Murphy wrote:
> Salve y'all,
>
> A few months ago I shot a few emails back and forth with Bruce over some new
mechanics
> that have been introduced to Ars Magica over the last several supplements
released by
> Atlas Games. Metacreator is a wonderful tool and I don't know how I did
without it playing
> ArM...with the downside that now that it doesn't do certain things I want to
use from the
> new rules, I...don't know how to do without it, I guess. :^)
>
> So I have like a million custom data sheets corresponding to the various
supplements that
> haven't been covered by Bruce and Peggy. Some things I haven't implemented
because I
> don't how, but there are other things which I believe can't be done until
Metacreator is
> updated to handle them, which Bruce has in at least one case confirmed.
>
> Let's all hope we can convince Bruce to update the ArM template to handle the
newer rule
> types, even if the supplements themselves aren't "done." To that end, I'd
like to start a
> thread on "what Ars Magica needs" to allow us to create data sheets for the
newer
> supplements, which hopefully would help Bruce...and maybe convince him to hold
another
> "hostage" drive!
>
> So off the top of my head, here are some bigger changes that need to be
implemented.
> Please augment and/or correct this list.
>
> Character types are now:
> Magus
> Companion (split into Gifted/unGifted?)
> Mythic Companion
> Grog
>
> Ability types are now:
> Abilities (including supernatural abilities)
> Accelerated abilities
> Arts
> Difficult arts
>
> There are plenty of little rule changes which need to be addressed, but it
seems like
> without the above distinctions even customizing a data sheet to cover them is
futile.
>
> Maybe once Faerie comes out and all the Realms of Power books are done, we
might see
> an update? <smiles and looks encouraging>
>
> As always, thanks to Bruce and Peggy for a great product!
>
> Cheers,
> Patrick
>
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