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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 3404339" data-attributes="member: 29112"><p>Crothian is correct of course, in that "low magic" means different things to different people.</p><p></p><p>But sure, I can throw some names of games or supplements around, I guess:</p><p></p><p><strong>A Game of Thrones</strong> (you did use the phrase "think Song of Ice and Fire", after all) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p><strong>Artesia</strong> (nicely put together, and very cool - but not d20, if that matters)</p><p><strong>Legends of Sorcery</strong> (this one allows easy customisation of magic to pretty much whatever level you want, in combination with standard d20 fantasy rules. . . if desired).</p><p></p><p>As previously mentioned, a fair few people use Iron Heroes, Grim Tales or Conan OGL for low magic d20.</p><p></p><p>Also as mentioned, True20 can do this. . . as it can do virtually anything. I recommend checking it out, for fantasy, S&S, modern, horror, sci-fi. . . whatever the genre, really. My bias here is that I'm currently running True20 and loving it, so please forgive my slight fanboyishness. <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm another crazy person who's used (heavily) house-ruled D&D 3.5 for "low magic" campaigns - it's a lot of work, but yes, it can be done. I'm not sure if I would suggest doing this though, unless you <em>love</em> D&D 3e, and <em>love</em> the "low magic" thing, to the extent that you won't give up on either of them too readily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 3404339, member: 29112"] Crothian is correct of course, in that "low magic" means different things to different people. But sure, I can throw some names of games or supplements around, I guess: [B]A Game of Thrones[/B] (you did use the phrase "think Song of Ice and Fire", after all) ;) [B]Artesia[/B] (nicely put together, and very cool - but not d20, if that matters) [B]Legends of Sorcery[/B] (this one allows easy customisation of magic to pretty much whatever level you want, in combination with standard d20 fantasy rules. . . if desired). As previously mentioned, a fair few people use Iron Heroes, Grim Tales or Conan OGL for low magic d20. Also as mentioned, True20 can do this. . . as it can do virtually anything. I recommend checking it out, for fantasy, S&S, modern, horror, sci-fi. . . whatever the genre, really. My bias here is that I'm currently running True20 and loving it, so please forgive my slight fanboyishness. :) I'm another crazy person who's used (heavily) house-ruled D&D 3.5 for "low magic" campaigns - it's a lot of work, but yes, it can be done. I'm not sure if I would suggest doing this though, unless you [I]love[/I] D&D 3e, and [I]love[/I] the "low magic" thing, to the extent that you won't give up on either of them too readily. [/QUOTE]
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