Quick way to end up with Calvin-ball magic. “Oh, but the red ribbon disintegrates if I toot my wooden whistle, making it doubly weak to fire!”
Presumably you have a limited number of wishes.
But then they’re too awesome to use, so you never use them and never find out the enemies can use them against you.
There are a few TTRPGs that let you build a magic system for yourself. The most developed one is called Ars Magica. I recently discovered a newer game called Tattered Magicks that also lets you craft magic for your spellcaster.
D&D is fun, but it’s not the only rpg out there
Hell, there’s even Kids On Broomsticks, if you’re looking for some Calvinball Lite shenanigans.
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I kinda like this ribbon idea. It’s like flag football but the flag prevents you from being instantly fireballed to the face.
I started introducing my kids to tabletop RPGs and this is exactly how we play.
So… I take it they’re not familiar with Mage? 😜
Man, I need to play this again at some point
Only round I had the chance of playing was a very short round 15 or so years ago at a convention, where I played a character that basically scripted reality around him with code
The system was certainly before its time and, like many of its kin (heh [WoD]), still holds value as a fantastic structure to weave collaborative stories with strangers & friends alike.
IMHO, if it weren’t for those rulesets blazing trails outside of D&D’s sandbox (too often resembling a litter box, NGL), we wouldn’t have so many OGs today willing to run and/or teach a different way of gaming.
I’m quietly ecstatic to see the adversarial DM trope, toxic AF that it is, getting left in the dust as GMing becomes far less off-putting as people grasp how different it can be: with very little prep & stress, one can focus more on facilitating and inspiring fun for the whole table — which is more rewarding for everyone, really. 💚
p.s. “short round”, Docta Jones? 🤓🤌🏼
Nope, I’m not. What is it?
My guess would be that they are referring to “Mage: The Ascension”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mage:_The_Ascension
Thanks, sounds interesting!
Is the second post included in the screenshot for some reason I’m not getting?
Very unconventional, but I’m going to allow it.
this is just mage the ascension
