phoenixgod2000
First Post
Creepy magic
I don't think that the style of magic I mentioned necessarily has to be low magic or dangerous magic. Magic in Exalted is powerful, prevalent, and completely creepy. Magic in Lord of the Rings was creepy. I think it should be a little flashier than the magic in Robert Howard stories but not much more. Wizards and clerics should be scholars. They should have something to do every round but not always an overt spell and their abilities. A combination of magical/Quasi-magical skills and spells of real world shaping power that are few in number that take feats to learn or unlock based on the skills would suite me just fine. I really like the skills and feats based force powers in the star wars system and Ken Hoods psionic system. If I could combine them with a similar more purely magic skill and feat system that allowed casters to be as useful in fights as fighters, I would never look back. unite those two with Iron Heroes and I would be the happiest guy in the world.
I think a system like that could absolutely be mainstreamed for FR or Eberron. It would actually capture the feel of the early FR novels better than the current video system.
I don't think that the style of magic I mentioned necessarily has to be low magic or dangerous magic. Magic in Exalted is powerful, prevalent, and completely creepy. Magic in Lord of the Rings was creepy. I think it should be a little flashier than the magic in Robert Howard stories but not much more. Wizards and clerics should be scholars. They should have something to do every round but not always an overt spell and their abilities. A combination of magical/Quasi-magical skills and spells of real world shaping power that are few in number that take feats to learn or unlock based on the skills would suite me just fine. I really like the skills and feats based force powers in the star wars system and Ken Hoods psionic system. If I could combine them with a similar more purely magic skill and feat system that allowed casters to be as useful in fights as fighters, I would never look back. unite those two with Iron Heroes and I would be the happiest guy in the world.
I think a system like that could absolutely be mainstreamed for FR or Eberron. It would actually capture the feel of the early FR novels better than the current video system.