Best Magic System

[interwyrm]

I for one do not like spells per day.

What do you think is the best system for magic?

 

[GlassJaw]

For d20, I'd probably say Grim Tales first (shocker I know). It's simple and elegant yet amazingly effective and highly customizable.

For non-d20, I'd probably say Shadowrun 3ed. Actually, I think the SR magic system is one of the best in any system.

 

[VirgilCaine]

IMO, if you don't like the Vancian system of magic, you really shouldn't be playing D&D.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

IMO, if you don't like the Vancian system of magic, you really shouldn't be playing D&D.

Or if you don't like mind flayers, armor class, hit points, drow, classes, alignment, elves, halflings, kender, tinker gnomes, beholders or thieves guilds?

D&D is a lot more than just some of its elements and has plenty of room for variants -- heck, especially in its earliest days, free-wheeling experimentation was the order of the day.

In any case, I find all four of the choices given above to be limited. My favorite magic system is the effects-based system in Ars Magica/Mage: The A-Word.

 

[Khayman]

Ars Magica. An incredibly flexible system that is skill-based (if I had to shoe-horm it into a description).

 

[interwyrm]

To be honest, all of these polls I am taking are partly to help me design a new system.

 

[Mystery Man]

Or if you don't like mind flayers, armor class, hit points, drow, classes, alignment, elves, halflings, kender, tinker gnomes, beholders or thieves guilds?

Don't forget initiative!

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Hey!
There's no option for the "Ars Magica" magic system.

 

[Thanee]

Shadowrun!

Bye
Thanee

 

[interwyrm]

Somebody explain the systems that have been mentioned. I haven't played shadowrun or ars magica. I had a friend that played shadowrun and mentioned something about it draining hp or something... which I think is a great idea.