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I am still thinking aboutChenneling magic. As far as I am concerned it is just the channeling realm that causes the problems in Rolemaster. It simply has too many D&D hangups. The idea that healing is the domain of clerics, platemailed paladins and dependence of gods or deities are just things we all grew up …
Continue reading “What would my perfect Spell Law look like? Pt I – A Non Channeling Druid”
I am rather jealous of Brian’s reworked Spell Law. He and his group have obviously but hundreds of hours into that rebuild project. That is time I do not have at present but I am giving this more and more thought. So what would my perfect spell law look like? Essaence as the motive force …
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While I’m working on the Shadow World: Book of Essaence, I dropped a quick Shadow World Combat companion book of alternate combat notes from my S.W.A.R.M. ruleset. For those that read this blog regularly, a lot of the material was posting on this blog over a decade ago and has been consistently used in my …
Between my work with BASiL and my current project, Shadow World: Book of Essaence, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the rolemaster magic system and the Shadow World setting. Perhaps an unhealthy amount of time! For those that follow my BASiL musings, my final conclusions and work product are driven by the setting. …
Continue reading “Shadow World Thought Experiment: Magical Realms”
I recently posted up an updated version of my “Channelers Guide” over at the RM Forums and thoughts I’d make a few comments. Here are the links to the spell lists not included in the guide. Andaras: https://ironcrown.co.uk/ICEforums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3787Scalu: https://ironcrown.co.uk/ICEforums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3799Nynaku: https://ironcrown.co.uk/ICEforums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3804Kesh’ta’kai: https://ironcrown.co.uk/ICEforums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3782Moralis: https://ironcrown.co.uk/ICEforums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3802Klysus: https://ironcrown.co.uk/ICEforums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3803 Book of Essaence (BoE). This project has been a lingering goal of …
First off, Happy New Year to all! Last year was fairly active for ICE and the finalization of the RMU product line. This blog has been fairly slow the last few years as the conversations have shifted to new platforms like Discord, but I still prefer the more deliberative blog format to memorialize work or …
Continue reading “Winter Thoughts, Random Musings and Updates”
I kind of feel like a bit of a stranger on this blog these days. I haven’t posted it so long I almost feel like I should introduce myself, but I won’t go that far. My big problem is that my group will not move over to RMU, and although we continue to play RMC, …
I was recently asked about several of my upload files and thought this would be a good time to update my master Shadow World file list with the working forum links. Please note that some of these files may be here on the Rolemasterblog, but to access these links to the RM Forums will require …
With so many projects going on, some are just gestating while others I pick away at when I get an inspiration or idea. One small project, an intersection between my BASiL lists and Shadow World material was designing 10 proto/Arcane lists that would have been the underpinnings of the original magic system used by the …
Since I’ve been spending quite a bit of my writing time on BASiL: Mentalism I’ve also been engaging with a few other writers about spell design concepts. As my blog title suggests, there are two approaches to Rolemaster Spell Lists. Thematic. The spells within the list are unified by a concept, theme or purpose. Mechanistic. …
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