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Adventurers Guild Contract
I could think of many times such a party contract would of come in handy.
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The Year of Red Leaves
In the royal year 451, also known as the year of Red Leaves, something strange occured. A star fell blazing from the heavens, in to the Midlands. Imperial Wizar…
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The Hundred Journeys of Lai-Xeng
Lai-Xeng was a traveling scholar and wise man. There are a hundred tales attributed to him, each one containing a kernal of wisdom.
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Ur-Kanesh Rhyme of the Shievren
This is a popular children's rhyme in the city of Ur-Kanesh. It is chanted while the children run down the street on St. Arakis eve.
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The Tale of Tear and Shastalar
In the lands of the Ardamians there is a tale. A tale of the weather god, Shastalar, and of Tear, the spirit of nature. This tale is often told when the weather…
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Heroic but non-magical items
How may times have you read a book in which a famous hero's sword is treasured and valued, not because it is magic, or because of its powers, but just because t…
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Spell Components - we don't need any stink'n spell components
Most of the people who 'spell components' really don't know anything about magic. Components are used as tools, symbols to help focus the concentration and asso…
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Cantrips
The little things matter.
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Steamery - A type of magic
Steamery is a type of learning, like Magery and Lettery (Magic of Written words, Scholarly works), akin to Alchemy which combined elements of the two. It is con…
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Unique Magic Items
Magic is a strange power, that can be harnessed (or not?), but never fully understood. Magic should be unique. Magic could be REALLY unique on this one world...
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Runecasting - Dwarven Magics
It is said that dwarves have problems with using magic (maybe they cannot cast spells at all). This is an attempt to create a distinctly dwarwen school of magic…
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Fantastic elemental forces
But, O Fellow Denizens of the Citadel, I ask this - what other kinds of unique elements can you come up with?
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Scrasamax's Guide to Orcs
Recently unearthed this gem of mine, and thought to post it. Its writing predates my joining of Strolen, and I found quite a few interesting bits in it. It is n…
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Gemstone Magic
The magic in my roleplay system is based around gemstones. It started off with the fact that wizards could use gems to regain lost mana: essentially, the gems w…
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Dreaming Lord and String of Worlds Cosmology
The worlds are nothing more than bubbles on the strings on the plane of dreams.
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Garan- The Name of Magic
Magic is a living entity, simple and non-sentient, but reactive to large-scale emotional states. Its name, like we might call a dog, 'Dog', is Garan. It is bett…
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Newtons Magic
Quote from: 'Sir Isaac Newton' Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
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Sword-Draw magics
One of the common variations on magic is the concept of 'sword mages' or 'knight mages'. We all know and love them as the folks in full plate that split globes …
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Wheel Magic
The young priest had been healing in the market place for free. Someone seeking bounty gold had told someone at the temple. "Hut. Hut. Hut" The Temple…
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Focus Based Magic System
Peldor scrambled for his staff. It has all his tactical spells anchored. He dived to the floor, trying to dodge the incoming dart spells. All he had was his rin…