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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deltadave" data-source="post: 2046704" data-attributes="member: 13875">In my game (which is generally very low magic) I use a system derived from Ars magica and then give it flavor for each different style - Hermetic magic is the base magic system using forms, techniques and power to derive a casting DC. Sorcery is based on the premise of using greater or lesser outsiders to do the summoners bidding (obviously risky, but only in a different way than hermetic magic).  What I call Khabbalistic magic is much more subtle but farther reaching than the other two styles... and Oracular magic deals with seeing and shaping events both in the present and the future.... The final element for all these styles is that the casting DC is modified by a random factor and failure to make the dc doesn't always result in failure of the spell but can also include backlash upon the caster in a variety of ways.just to share a few ideas.Ars Magica 4 is a free download from RPGnow.</blockquote>