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Rolemaster is the system you are looking for. That is literally how their three* types of magic are defined: channelling, essence, and mentalism respectively. * There is a fourth type of magic, Arcane, introduced in some supplements which ‘predates’ the separation of magic into the three realms.

I think it is a fair comment. I had to read DS cover-to-cover twice before I really understood what it was offering me that was different from the many other fantasy RPGs I already have.

If you found a nice patisserie that would be the closest thing. There are some in the UK.

If colonial-types (;)) want to understand the true British pudding and have the chance to visit Blighty then this is an essential pilgrimage to include in your itinerary: The Pudding Club

I’m in the North West - Preston to be specific. Amongst other things it had the very first KFC in the UK, though no idea why.

This feels a bit like the half-cut plot about the droid planet in KOTOR2, but at least with a TTRPG we can choose to run the original adventure premise if we want to. 🙂 We came across some of those obelisks and the planned reveal could have been really cool.

Book 32 pt 1 is coming this year, that’s been shared by Holmgard Press.

It comes from pinball machines. If you tried to cheat by lifting the machine they went into ‘tilt’ mode.

Very interesting, thanks for the write-up. Are you familiar with Trinity Continuum Core? If so, how would you compare them?

The collectors edition line stalled I think; someone else was publishing them. The new series are the Definitive Editions and published directly by Holmgard Press (Ben Devere’s company).

I think it is useful to differentiate between mechanics and procedures. D20 games have a solid mechanic in d20 + mods vs DC. And they tend to have a robust combat procedure which uses that mechanic. But often they don’t have many other procedures. A game which balances this well, for me, is...

I have learned that lesson 🙂 But there is a difference between ‘too hard’ and ‘never even tried’ which is clearly in display in some cases.

If one went all-in on that concept the wave of ‘card crafting’ games that have started to come out could have an interesting trick to steal. Games like Unstoppable where a card can be built up from a base card and up to two enhancements. That could be used to quickly generate an almost infinite...

It has some Torg vibes, but there aren’t reality cosms where the rules of reality bend as you enter them.

There was a new GURPS Infinite Worlds PDF released recently: Gotterdammerung. Infinite Worlds in general are a series of alternate-earth worlds with key divergences from the ‘home timeline’. Gotterdammerung is a ‘unique’ phenomena in the Infinite Worlds campaign frame. It features multiple...