srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (03/07/85)
In article <166@gitpyr.UUCP> robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) writes: > >I've had many gripes about the magic system for a while and I've started >thinking about a new system.... > >Get rid of the illusionist and create 5 subclasses: incanters, gesturers, >alchemists, enscribers and willers... > > >Now, instead of starting them off with a set of basic spells, give them a >set of 'building blocks'. The blocks can be modified and put together in >various ways in order to create spells, based on a set of natural laws... > >Robert Viduya >Georgia Institute of Technology If you are interested in this sort of a magic system, you might want to look at _Chivalry and Sorcery_, which was an early attempt to do this, and _Lands of Adventure_, which is a later attempt. I believe that _Worlds of Wonder_ might also be similar, though I haven't seen it myself. _Lands of Adventure_ has the advantage that the author, Lee Gold, is on the net, and *might* answer questions, make clarifications, etc. -- Scott