The Gaming Outpost

The magic is Hermetic, but the application of the magic tends to involve hermeneutics. (thanks mj). The reason the bloodless sacrifice matters is that its a sign of respect….

Tessa would not be impressed if […]

Just a side issue–you keep switching between hermetic and hermeneutic, and the two words are related only in the fact that they both recall Hermes. Hermeneutic has to do with the proper interpretation or parsing […]

I believe its holy magic, but you’re often calling on multiple powers in the same spell. And with different spells, you’re definitely calling on different powers.

You don’t ask the Fire Giants of the […]

If the magic requires asking some power to act on your behalf, as this appears to do, then there are only three possibilities–

1) it is holy magic, calling on a spirit power and requesting aid which that power […]

I think the real question is, is the magic holy or arcane. If it is holy, then there might be a problem with certain aspects. If it is arcade, and the bloodless sacrifice is a component, it wouldn’t have too much […]

Also, many spells invoke the aid of multiple powers for minor gains from each.

I’ve said before that there are players with a non-involvement philosophy. It just happens that you’re not one of them–your philosophy is to improve your power in any way you can, because you can.

I /did/ have […]

1) There is no wrong answer to the question “should I get involved?” The only reason we wanted to know is that you run games very differently for a player who wants to change worlds than for a player who wants […]

I was going to post this on The Other Forum, but it’s really more about verser philosophies than The Unmentionable World, so here goes. Seriously, am I /wrong/ to apply the principles of time travel to my verser […]

@ Tadeusz game with Jhiaxus

You know, I don’t like letting my debts go unpaid.
A quick summon, a few lessons and a return spell would fix that
just pointing it out now. You two can plan however you like.

Mike–there’s no reason you can’t have tattoo magic items. You do have the problem that if you land in a low-mag world you might have automatic botches (you can’t stop wearing a tattoo, and always-active mag […]

One thing this site needs is a ”Preview Post” function. Just saying is all.

(Doing Therapy)

Why wouldn’t the magic tattoos be treated as different Mag 1@ devices? Where the ink, in the form it’s held in, is itself a device.

This covers tattoos that increase strength all the time (either always […]

MJ, I settled it. I’m gonna follow Da Rulezzz!!! and take it out completely. She rolls up her sleeve expecting to show him the injury, but it’s gone. That’s even better. I was psychotic obsessing about that, […]