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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quick Leaf" data-source="post: 1605641" data-attributes="member: 20423">I recently re-found a really good internet source for d20 Ars Magica by Erik Jordan. Check it out! I think he's done a superior job. I'll let you know when I get a working copy of my own adaptation done. Soon hopefully.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> To really understand the system you need to check out Ars Magica, the Atlas site has a free 4th edition pdf for download. I think they're working on 5th ed now. Anyhow, here's Erik Jordan's site:<a href="http://www.users.qwest.net/~jordanerik/Gaming/ArM/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.users.qwest.net/~jordanerik/Gaming/ArM/index.htm</a>Here's a couple of my ideas: The first mage stole the Divine Tongue from the gods, and that's essentially what mages do, they speak a divine language of verbs and nouns to alter reality. Not everyone has the "gift" for magic. Priests, on the other hand, disdain mages for being heretical. Priests, however, while often genuinely devoted to their gods, also seek to learn the True Names of various gods & divine beings to control them and even manipulate them to their own ends. (kind of a twist on the ancient egyptian lector-priest). One idea I had for priest magic involved the use of symbolic actions (a table you roll on, or a card you randomly draw) which was the demand the god had for the magic to work.Ideas for symbolic actions are...Donning the crownEating the scrollEmbalming the deadHolding up the skyLighting a lampLooking into the mirrorOpening of the mouthProstration before the divineRitual purificationThe SacrificeSwearing an oathTrial by flameVision in the desertWeighing of the heartWrestling with the angel...in addition the success of priestly magic was directly related to the reason they were asking their deity for magic. How relevant is the request to the deity?  For example, take Osiris (deity of underworld, rebirth, and civilization). Slightly relevant to him is protection from a hazard in the underworld. Moderately relevant is calling on a spirit of the underworld for renewed strength.  Very relevant is learning of a gate to the underworld to help revive a lost civilization.  This system assumes each deity has three major aspects to its profile.Anywho, your thoughts?</blockquote>

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