Dragonbane general thread [+]

[Von Ether]

For the Book of Magic, I am sorely thinking of using it more as a tool for establishing setting and such. Such as in some campaigns, certain schools might be NPC only. Or some schools may be even split up even more to give a type of magic a very strong theme, like mental psionics or Pyromancy.

 

[Aldarc]

For the Book of Magic, I am sorely thinking of using it more as a tool for establishing setting and such. Such as in some campaigns, certain schools might be NPC only. Or some schools may be even split up even more to give a type of magic a very strong theme, like mental psionics or Pyromancy.

Likewise. This has been the real reason that I wanted my hands on the Book of Magic. Magical schools are a great way to establish setting.

You could even split Animism and Harmonism, putting the more healer/support magic into a Holy School. Or you could put the storm/lightning spells of Animism alongside the water/wind spells from Elementalism to create a Weather School. Take the shapeshifting from Witchcraft alongside the nature spells of Animism for Druidism.

 

[Von Ether]

Exactly!

It also seems the alternatives to metal for casters are:

1. Dragonglass is hard to craft with (bane) and has half the DUR
2. Demonic material requires the HA Demonic Smithing, which is not described or included.
   Demonic material sounds like demonic bargaining with extra steps in the smithy.