[UA] Another UA Fantasy Mod (Magic Tweaks & Paradigm Skills)

[Alexander H Lampros]

Instead of "if you violate taboo, a demon comes for you" I'd say "if you 
violate taboo, all the charges create nasty spells targeted at you."


Judd Karlman wrote:

> _*Magick* _
>
> I have figured out how I will change the post-modern magick system to 
> make the magick of fantasy UA heinous and dangerous.
>
> Basically, I will change two vital things:
>
> 10 Minor Charges Equals a Significant Charge
>
> 10 Significant Charges Equals a MAJOR Charge
>
> With a Major charge you can rock the world, re-write history or create 
> a life from nothing. Big time power. They can't be stored, as people 
> burst with that kind of energy but it can be done, making folk who use 
> magic, nasty bastards, like how Sorcerers are described in Howard's 
> Conan or the Fafrd and the Grey Mouser series.
>
> There is a price Adepts pay for this expanded power. If an Adept 
> violates their taboo, they don't just lose their charge. When they 
> violate their taboo, a Demon comes for them. A big hungry nasty Demon 
> that reflects their school of magick comes up outta hell. It might 
> take a moment, a day or it might take a week but it is a-coming.
>
> I'll probably go through the schools at some point, figure out which 
> ones work and which ones don't and little society stuff for each.
>
> *_Fantasy Paradigm Skills_*
>
> *Adventurer -* Your last group of friends was a nice bunch of blokes 
> you met at a tavern. They're all dead now. Well, it is about time to 
> strap on the ole armor and give this adventuring business another go! 
> /Resistant to Violence, Vulnerable to Isolation/ "Never split up the 
> party!"
>
> *- giving credit to Jim Delrosso for coming up with that Adventurer 
> gem and Sorcerer...ah the glories of IMing with brother-geeks*
>
> *Sorcerer -* Unholy eldritch might from moonless bindings with 
> cyclopean beasts from hell have taken their toll. You could rule the 
> world some day if no pesky heroes bar your path. /Resistant to 
> Unnatural, Vulnerable to Helplessness "No! This cannot be! I am 
> invinciblAAAAAAIIIGHH!"/
>
> *Barbarian -* Sorcerers are filthy creatures who can only be trusted 
> to stab a good man in the back and make off with his money...or worse 
> yet, his soul. Best to trust in steel. /Resistant to Violence, 
> Vulnerable to Unnatural "Magicks!?! RAGE?!?"/
>
> *Strange Blood-* Your mother, or father or an ancestor consorted with 
> a strange otherworldly creature and took it to their bed. Now its 
> blood flows in your veins. They say all creatures were human once but 
> this creature had no memory of such a time. /Resistant to Unnatural, 
> Vulnerable to Self 'By the Gods, what am I and what am I capable of?!?'/
>
> *Noble -* Blood of kings flows in your veins, centuries of 
> backstabbing and the wisdom of ancestors have given you your power. 
> Remember your father's face and leave even more for your children. 
> /Resistant to Self, Vulnerable to Helplessness "Do you know who you 
> are speaking to?"/
>
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