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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Akrasia" data-source="post: 2125172" data-attributes="member: 23012">All characters can try to use magic, though this is naturally risky and can have unpredicable consequences (as per the show).  There is a skill called "Occultism" that is related to this -- characters add their occultism skill when attempting to cast spells.  Generally speaking, casting spells involve rituals, etc., and so cannot be done in the middle of combat.   However, characters with the 'sorcery' quality (like Willow) can use magic in quickly, in combat.During character creation, you spend points on 'qualities' (these are special abilities, and disadvantages, that your character has).   One such quality is 'Sorcery', which improves your character's ability to cast spells.  (Other qualities can give your character other kinds of 'supernational' abilities -- e.g. being a 'slayer' is a quality -- and in the Angel RPG you can choose to be demon or part demon.)There are a few sample spells from the show included in the core rulebook.  The supplement "The Magic Box" has a lot more info and options.'Psionics' as understood in d20 are not really supported in the system.  But you can buy qualities like "psychic visions", "telekinesis", or "telepathy" that are psionic-esque. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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