 Magic Traditions for a newbie player, Anyone got any to share? |
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 Jan 13 2006, 01:08 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 30-November 05 Member No.: 8,025  |
Hey there, I'm a relative newbie to SR, and 4th is my first edition. I like it a lot and I'm about to start running my campaign shortly. I've got three players - they'll be playing an ork weapons specialist, a human B&E expert, and an elf Face.
Now, the elf is also a magician, and the player has decided to model him as a mentalist - that is, most of his spells will be of a mind-influencing sort. He's read through both of the magic traditions that come with the game (Hermetic and Shamanic), but neither one of them really fit with his concept. He's a flashy, charismatic fellow, and his tradition would probably be centered more around charisma than logic (like Heremtics) or intuition (like Shamans). So, I was wondering if any of you guys have created something along those lines, or if there are any good resources on the web for that stuff or anything? TIA! |
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Jan 13 2006, 02:52 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
The basic Shamanic path out of the basic book is Charisma-based.
Other traditions which are likely Charisma dependent include: Vodoun (Possession Tradition) Baptist Ecstatics (Possession Tradition) Demonology Cornish Bardicism There really isn't much of a call for new Charisma traditions, because the biggest tradition in the game is already Charisma primary. -Frank |
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Jan 13 2006, 07:29 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,222 Joined: 11-October 02 From: Netherlands and Belgium Member No.: 3,437 |
My current character was created as a Psionicist (using Intuition as his Drain attribute). I did it because I wanted Thought Forms, but decided to fold to the general consensus that Hosue Rules are bad! :P
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Jan 13 2006, 05:22 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 30-November 05 Member No.: 8,025 |
House rules?! The book *encourages* making new Traditions. Bah. :D But I was completely on the wrong track, actually. Yes, there is already a Charisma based Tradition and I had myself worked around backwards. For whatever reason, I had the Shamanic Tradition wrong in my head. Duh... What I really wanted was an Intuition based Tradition. I took a look at the Psionicist Tradition that someone posted here a while back and that'll probably work for me with a bit of tweaking. |
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