... Weird spells? Hm... Some that I've seen in other games... Sowing the bones of a target with molten lead. Incredibly painful and slowly kills them. Turning...
* How about a spell that allows a wizard or other magic user to go back in time a few minutes to correct a single mistake, while retaining knowledge of...
Hey, Thanks for the quick reply. No. Those sound good. Even if I wouldn't allow some of them in my game, it's important that I see them and try to figure...
Mirror Me: Creates an identical magical self you control for until it or you is killed, you must give it some of your permanent hitpoints. ... From:...
Sort of a cross between Ottos Irresistable Dance and a Cool Effect in the Sitcom Wars game. Gotta like this one! Mind if I steal it? ... to music until they...
Dont forget Mirror Mini-Me! He can get drunk and nash at enemies ankles. ... it or you is killed, you must give it some of your permanent hitpoints. ... ...
Ok everyone i'm going to attempt to make and establish my own pen and paper rp. My first step is going establish the races and classes. Your ideas and opinions...
I've got a few suggestions. That shouldn't be your first step. You should ask yourself if you're making an RPG, a setting, or a system. If you're doing any...
... it or you is killed, you must give it some of your permanent hitpoints. ... Truthtell: State one simple declarative sentence the character is certain is...
... travel ... Alternatively (and this takes some decent roleplaying by your players) you don't know _why_ you shouldn't make the decision, you just know that...
Thanks to all again for spell ideas. I wonder why you'd do some of them :) but that's not important. It's a universal magic system, so it should be able to...
Genre, such as fantasy, cyberpunk, future, what not? Or try to start your own? Diceless or dice, and what dice? Stats? The basic seems to be something like...
Agreed about classes, might make them a package deal. To make a person who is making a character easier, but does not lock them into a pre-concieved idea of...
... This kinda prompts me to rant about potential pitfalls in magic system design surrounding spell points, uses per day, buffing and balance. You have in the...
Does bring up an interesting game idea, you are investigators, much like X-Files, but more wacked out. Basically you are trying to find out if abductions do...
I can recall a spell we had from the good ol' days of the three D&D books we created. One spell took an 'instant painting' on something you held in your hand,...
... music until they pass a wisdom check. ... Reminds me: a year or two ago, I was working with a French RPG webgroup on a kind of French/Arturian medieval...
Say Travis, If I get your description right, you are working on one system broad enough to cover all sorts of magic. Then again as I see by the examples, you...
Yeah, I would not worry about balance. Magic-users are supposed to be more powerful than little ol' fighters - and that's ok. :) (Let the flamewar begin......
Well, in a way that's what the system does. It just lets you combine elements in certain ways. If it is JUST range + area of effect + blah blah blah (the...
... --I guess it depends a lot on what you mean. My two most powerful characters in AD&D are a 13th level elve warrior and a level 13/12 cleric/mage. My...
Lets just cut right to the chase and ignore the waffling bits, especially the shameless "non combat" thing, as if it mattered or made a difference as to the...
Several memebers of the Sitcom Wars design staff and Arcnus Magicus members will attend Gorillacon II in Pittsburg Kansas, a short drive from Joplin Missouri...
... Ahh, we agree. Excellent. ... What is "siginificantly" stronger or weaker? A character who pumps his points into charisma/persuasion and the like would...
Here's some more ideas on off-beat magic you could use. I thought them up for the concept of a 'trademark trick' which would be the closest thing to magic you...
No..'bee Sounds likes a bit of inspirational magic from Whitewolf. Entropy/Matter/Mind spheres level one...if you read the Mage (tm) book it provide even more ...
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