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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urizen" data-source="post: 3475682" data-attributes="member: 11673">Part of the title of the post is "modern," so I'm going to assume he was referring to pagans in a modern setting.Even then, however, the term "pagan" isn't really definitive.You have a wide variety of practitioners including (but certainly not limited to) Asatru, Wiccans, Druids and many other people who practice "magic"  but choose not to label themselves. The actual "type" of magic is varied as well, and not every "pagan" practices his or her craft in the same manner. In many cases this is because there isn't and hard-fast canon someone can learn in a structured environment, whereas a would-be catholic goes to school to learn how to be a proper catholic before taking their first communion. Most of what is known about practicing witchcraft and other forms of magic has only become common knowledge - that is to say, made readily available in a bookstore - within the past 20 to 30 years, and that information derives largely from oral tradition. Some of which( in the case of neo-paganism/wicca) is actually an amalgam of different schools of thought to create a new type of belief system altogether.Some gaming material has surfaced that tackles "pagan" concepts,  most notably 93 games Studios' Arcane classes series. I hear this series is very comprehensive, allowing players to create characters who adopt these faith based systems in a way that would translate into a D20 modern/OGL game (I'm not sure if the classes work for fantasy or not).From a conceptual standpoint, if I were to try and play a modern witch, I would probably check out their products (and do some hefty research for role-playing purposes), to get the full "feel" of playing a modern practitioner of witchcraft.However, if the class isn't going to be solid and actually work well within my group's concept, then I'd probably look into something else entirely.I just don't see any good reason to play a realistic class if it doesn't enhance the gaming experience.</blockquote>

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