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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 8934580" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>Man, I wish Steve Erikson would just explain how the magic system is supposed to work, because other than that it seems like it would fit right into GURPS, which isn't surprising because it originated in Erikson and Esslemont's GURPS campaign. E.g. Dassem Ultor is basically a Weapon Master (All) with stupidly high levels of weapon skill, maybe Unaging, Altered Time Rate and Enhanced Time Sense, and a whole bunch of leadership skills like Tactics and Strategy plus some powerful Enemies like Hood. Kallor killed Orfantal in dragon form by (probably) critting him in the vitals, resulting in knockdown, and the falling damaged finished him off (whereas Kallor is Unkillable 2 but not Unaging due to Divine Curse).</p><p></p><p>But that magic system is a total black box. What did Quick Ben do to Bauchelain and Korbal Broach? How strong is Tiste Edur sorcery? Could the Pannion Seer wreck an army with magic or just a battalion? What limits exist on K'rul or Lady Envy? Every time someone opens a warren I can only shrug helplessly--I have no idea how Malazan magic works or on what scale, and that's bad for gaming. I can't even figure out whether the warrens were actually created by K'rul or by the Eleint.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 8934580, member: 6787650"] Man, I wish Steve Erikson would just explain how the magic system is supposed to work, because other than that it seems like it would fit right into GURPS, which isn't surprising because it originated in Erikson and Esslemont's GURPS campaign. E.g. Dassem Ultor is basically a Weapon Master (All) with stupidly high levels of weapon skill, maybe Unaging, Altered Time Rate and Enhanced Time Sense, and a whole bunch of leadership skills like Tactics and Strategy plus some powerful Enemies like Hood. Kallor killed Orfantal in dragon form by (probably) critting him in the vitals, resulting in knockdown, and the falling damaged finished him off (whereas Kallor is Unkillable 2 but not Unaging due to Divine Curse). But that magic system is a total black box. What did Quick Ben do to Bauchelain and Korbal Broach? How strong is Tiste Edur sorcery? Could the Pannion Seer wreck an army with magic or just a battalion? What limits exist on K'rul or Lady Envy? Every time someone opens a warren I can only shrug helplessly--I have no idea how Malazan magic works or on what scale, and that's bad for gaming. I can't even figure out whether the warrens were actually created by K'rul or by the Eleint. [/QUOTE]
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