Tywyll Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Hey, In the new BRP, in the Sorcery system, how much is there in the way of direct damage, offensive magic? I know in Elric!, offensive magic was typically limited to 'debuff' style effects rather than something that could hurt or kill outright. Does BRP keep this distinction? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Hey, In the new BRP, in the Sorcery system, how much is there in the way of direct damage, offensive magic? I know in Elric!, offensive magic was typically limited to 'debuff' style effects rather than something that could hurt or kill outright. Does BRP keep this distinction? Cheers There are plenty of spells that can enhance weapons (technically "weapon buffs") but only a few spells directly targeting an opponent. The magic system, however, is full of straight-damage spells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Green Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sorcery also involves the summoning of demons, which, in the original Elric! rules, allowed for a great deal of direct damage attacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 The magic system, however, is full of straight-damage spells. Yeah Tywyll, you're looking for the Magic/Wizardry rules which were taken from Magic World from the Worlds of Wonder boxed set. Sorcery remains much like it was in Elric! Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywyll Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Yeah Tywyll, you're looking for the Magic/Wizardry rules which were taken from Magic World from the Worlds of Wonder boxed set. Sorcery remains much like it was in Elric! Actually, I was hoping it might have to viable (in an offensive sense) systems of magic. See, I'm thinking of my own campaign setting which has three types of magic. Innate (Sorcery in my terms, limited in purview, like a Fire Sorcerer, or Life Sorcerer), Learned (Wizardry...more generalist, can learn all different kinds of spells, but the spells are fixed) and Divine. For Divine, I'll probably use RQ style magic. I'm trying to figure out which to do for the other two. The Magic rules /might/ work for Innate, but I think that RQ sorcery with its Manipulations might more fit the bill. One idea I had was to modify 'Spirit Magic' from RQ3/MRQ to be Learned Magic, since the spells are already set and don't really change except intensity, and even that is fixed once you learn it. I don't know, how much can you manipulate spells in the new Magic rules? The WoW that I recall they just got more powerful, but I don't recall being able to affect more targets or make them last longer (though I could be wrong on that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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