Good Wizard alternatives?
Hello all. I’d love to offer my players a magic using class similar to the one from Freebooters on the Frontier; basically the player can cast spells of their choosing, based on type (Offensive, Defensive, etc). I’d love for the Wizard to be as easy to play for newbies as the other classes, but with a stronger focus on imagination.
I’ve seen the Mage variations on DTRPG, but they haven’t quite hit it. Victor Julio Hurtado’s Mage (http://tabletopvault.com/dwarfaregames/2016/11/the-mage/) got close, but it is far too complicated for what I am looking for. Any pointers?
maybe emphasize the ritual move, giving an added dice roll sometimes. Then the player can literally do anything, and the MC gives the contraints.
That’s what I’ve been doing – unfortunately I have to keep coming up with places of power. Perhaps a modification to it?
last week, we saw a ritual happen in a bar. The bar was a “place of power” over very specific domains — booze — and the ritual was about that.
Maybe that? Encourage the players to tell you the way in which a place is of power, and how it resonates with the ritual being considered.
Hmm, clever. I can see that being… problematic in combat scenes, though. Still, food for thought.
You mean places of bloodshed, where lives are lost and souls descend? Sounds like a place of power to me!
I see what you did there. So, each time I’d ask them to explain why this is a PoP; I think eventually it would lose its RP potential… they’d end up paying lip service, perhaps. Still, interesting.
So, in re-reading the preview of the Mage I referenced in the original post, it actually seems far improved from the first time I saw it. I think I’m going to buy it and try it out.
Use potions in place of a PoP. The potions can also be problematic fo the consumers.
Have you seen Anthony Giovannetti’s Wizard Hack? It is a refinement on the Mage, using tags to scope the spellcasting
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/content_link/hFTM0vRVzJmQtOyxP5eZWf5gYAJvIAXKfq2z9gTmDhyemJ12P4eiTbToiQ9RWagu/file?dl=1
I get a 403 on that link.
Hmm how about this link to the whole folder https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vdpv5x83v87lsza/AAA9EUnIU51g_jRzwJw9ec0oa?dl=0
Well, this is exactly what I was looking for!
I actually bought the Dwarfire Mage playbook, I think it is pretty interesting. But I may use this “hack” instead, for its simplicity – thanks so much!
(Folder Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vdpv5x83v87lsza/AAA9EUnIU51g_jRzwJw9ec0oa?dl=0)
The Spellslinger has been one of the best characters we have had at our table. Great in game stuff has occurred with this character.
drivethrurpg.com – The Spellslinger – A Dungeon World Playbook
If you are worried about coming up with places of power, just give them something that they can take with them. Portable Wizard Tower is my go to when I want them to have a portable base/place of power.
Try enchanter class. A little tweaking of flavor and it’s quite good.
You’ve seen the wizard sans spell list playbook right? For me, that’s the happy medium between full Vancian and full freeform casting. Tell us what your spell does, but pick from a list of a few mechanical effects.
Eamon Mulholland Is there a link to this class?
Gerard Snow I’ll have to share the folder since I don’t own the actual file, but it’s in here:drive.google.com – Mage Variants – Google Drive
drive.google.com – Wizard sansspelllist.pdf – Google Drive
Its a good medium. But to be honest, not my favorite. I believe the ritual move to be the most elegant move there is. Doesn’t have to even be arcana!
I love that Sansspelllist (formerly the Magus) playbook. I’m trying to convince Greg Soper to make me a minimalist one…
Yochai Gal That would be awesome!