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<blockquote data-quote="JDowling" data-source="post: 1695224" data-attributes="member: 12596">What type: &quot;new-magic&quot;.&nbsp; There used to be magic in the world, but there hasn't been in recorded history, then magic returns to the world.Tweaks:- tweak (why)- no pre-existing magical items (flavor / logic)- no pre-existing spells (flavor / logic)- using Elements of Magic: Revised Edition (flavor)- using Vitalizing varient from Unearthed Arcana (flavor / balance)- - Fatigue/Exhaustion caused by use of Spell Points can't be magically healed (balance tweak)- Magic can't heal non-lethal damage (flavor)- Use a &quot;high power&quot; point-buy, or higher average dice roll for stats. (make up for some lost magic)- Not use &quot;canned&quot; adventures and the like, considor all challenges not on CR, but on &quot;how hard will this be for the party?&quot; (obvious, i don't want to kill the PCs <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />)Why the Vitalizing tweaks?&nbsp; Balance in that if a Mage runs low he's in even worse shape physically, so it's dangerous to expand that much energy.&nbsp; Can't remove magical fatigue because if you can there's balance issues with using a tiny number of SP to cure your fatigue and thereby getting back more SP.Why no non-lethal healing - mainly because that's how you usually see it in novels... but also it's another indication that Mages don't really understand magic fully yet.I think in general everyone looses some power, but as long as I take that into account with the encounters I think it should be alright, and pretty fun.&nbsp; Definately a different feel from the other games we've done <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />EDIT: using class-based DEF rules from Unearthed Arcana as wellEDIT2: beh, forgot to include &quot;magic healing converts normal damage to non-lethal damage&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JDowling, post: 1695224, member: 12596"] What type: "new-magic". There used to be magic in the world, but there hasn't been in recorded history, then magic returns to the world. Tweaks: - tweak (why) - no pre-existing magical items (flavor / logic) - no pre-existing spells (flavor / logic) - using Elements of Magic: Revised Edition (flavor) - using Vitalizing varient from Unearthed Arcana (flavor / balance) - - Fatigue/Exhaustion caused by use of Spell Points can't be magically healed (balance tweak) - Magic can't heal non-lethal damage (flavor) - Use a "high power" point-buy, or higher average dice roll for stats. (make up for some lost magic) - Not use "canned" adventures and the like, considor all challenges not on CR, but on "how hard will this be for the party?" (obvious, i don't want to kill the PCs :P) Why the Vitalizing tweaks? Balance in that if a Mage runs low he's in even worse shape physically, so it's dangerous to expand that much energy. Can't remove magical fatigue because if you can there's balance issues with using a tiny number of SP to cure your fatigue and thereby getting back more SP. Why no non-lethal healing - mainly because that's how you usually see it in novels... but also it's another indication that Mages don't really understand magic fully yet. I think in general everyone looses some power, but as long as I take that into account with the encounters I think it should be alright, and pretty fun. Definately a different feel from the other games we've done :) EDIT: using class-based DEF rules from Unearthed Arcana as well EDIT2: beh, forgot to include "magic healing converts normal damage to non-lethal damage" [/QUOTE]

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