I don’t remember if I stated my intent with this series of magic school revisions. If I have, I guess this will just be review. Or maybe I’ll say something new! Some time in the last year or two, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Edit: stupid autocorrect thinks it knows everything. “Alliteration” school indeed. The 3e Transmutation school had lots of problems. Technically it didn’t have many more than prior editions. But one of those problems was that it was a go-to school for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For as long as I’ve been working on alternative magic systems for Dungeons & Dragons, I’ve been trying to write a better Divination school. I love prophesies and divination in fiction, and it has always pained me how hard they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where do I begin with illusion magic? No, it would take too long. I will sum up. I would like for players to choose illusion spells because they are cool. It seems like evocation gets the most play, up there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, I was going to wait a while before releasing my revised necromancy spells ’cause one of my players started working on his own idea of a necromancy school over the weekend. But I didn’t have time to finish my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Conjuration is one of those schools that’s really tough to nail down. Since I started playing 3e, I was there when it got the nonsensical ‘healing’ subschool … WotC didn’t want Necromancy to have healing spells (for some reason). The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday… Monday? I forget, actually. I worked on abjuration spells. Now, I’ve wanted to do something with abjuration for a while because I thought it could use something. My understanding of abjuration magic has changed a lot over the years.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sunday, I sat down to rewrite, revise, and reorganize spells of the enchantment school. Using notes from the last time I did this, I managed to get all the way through from cantrip to capstone. For these, I referenced 1e,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It happens from time to time. Work takes up my day and leaves me mentally exhausted in the evening. Plus y’know, other responsibilities. I am still managing some things in the background, per my usual shenanigans of finding odd corners[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This morning I read Arnold K’s “Dungeon Hacker” class on Goblin Punch. I love it. Let me tell you why. Necromancers are a weird mixed bag of tricks who are portrayed inconsistently in fiction — well, usually they’re evil, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
