Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Magical Research

I have always been fascinated with the idea of magical research, but no D&D campaign I've played in has really done it justice. Some flavors of D&D give rules for crafting magic items, but that doesn't do it for me. I want magic to have mystery, power, and unpredictability.

Here's a magical research move. It's totally stolen from Vincent's Savvyhead rules for Apocalypse World. I don't invent, I steal.

When you go into an arcane library, laboratory, and workspace trying to get to the bottom of something or make something magical, tell the DM what you want. The DM will answer "Sure, no problem, but..."


  • It's going to take days/hours/weeks/months of work

  • First you have to acqurie _____ (magical reagent)

  • You need some information you can get from ____

  • You're going to need ______'s help with it

  • It's going to cost you a lot of money

  • It's going to mean exposing yourself (and maybe others) to significant danger

  • You're going to have to take _____ apart to do it



For easy stuff, pick just one.
For medium stuff, pick one AND another OR another.
For seriously hard stuff, it's one AND another AND yet another.

Labels: , ,

3 Comments:

Blogger John Matthew Stater said...

Excellent - I guess I also need to check out Apocalypse World.

August 11, 2010 at 8:30 PM

 
Blogger Munin said...

More fun things for the mage to do. I am seriously thinking up a merchant class for Apoc D&D based on the Blackmoor class.

August 12, 2010 at 7:14 AM

 
Blogger Unknown said...

Slingo Games - Sign up now and play for real money right from your
Slingo is one of the most 출장안마 popular 바카라 사이트 and popular slots on the https://access777.com/ market today. Enjoy classic, traditional ventureberg.com/ slots from the comfort of your home goyangfc with our

April 10, 2022 at 12:55 PM

 

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home