Tywyll Posted October 8, 2019 Report Posted October 8, 2019 Has anyone ever tried the Chaos Blades magic in a campaign. It's always intrigued me but I have never tried it. Was wondering how well it worked, if anyone has used it. Quote
Ninja-Bear Posted October 8, 2019 Report Posted October 8, 2019 I never heard of it. Where is it from? Quote
Duke Bushido Posted October 8, 2019 Report Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Ninja-Bear said: I never heard of it. Where is it from? Ditto on both counts. Thanks in advance. Quote
Chris Goodwin Posted October 9, 2019 Report Posted October 9, 2019 It's one of the sample magic systems in the FH genre books for 5th and 6th. FH 6e p. 298; it doesn't look like I have the PDF for the 5e version to hand, but I know it's in there too. Duke Bushido 1 Quote
Duke Bushido Posted October 9, 2019 Report Posted October 9, 2019 Ah. I'll have to find the time to read it up, then. 8 minutes ago, Ninja-Bear said: Thanks Chris! Ditto for me! Chris Goodwin 1 Quote
Tywyll Posted October 9, 2019 Author Report Posted October 9, 2019 Yeah, what Chris said. Essentially characters are 'Chaos Blades' who weild extrememly powerful magic (actual points are /5 or /10 if I remember correctly). Like Highlanders they can sense when each other is about and if they kill each other, they gain 3d6 character points (fade every 50 years I think?). So essentially you are staggeringly powerful magicians who can kill others of your kind (good luck!) to get a decent power boost. The few spells shown in the write up doesn't show any defensive examples, so on the surface they look very glass canon-y. But that would be easily fixed. It strikes me as potentially having the same concerns that an Atlantean Age campaign would (the character with initiative wins the fight). Quote
Steve Long Posted November 26, 2019 Report Posted November 26, 2019 If I ever get the chance, I definitely want to expand a bit on Chaos Blades -- how the setting and its magic works and whatnot. Not a full book or anything like that, more like an article. Or a chapter in a larger book. Chris Goodwin, mallet, TheNaga and 1 other 4 Quote
Tywyll Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Posted December 3, 2019 On 11/26/2019 at 4:31 AM, Steve Long said: If I ever get the chance, I definitely want to expand a bit on Chaos Blades -- how the setting and its magic works and whatnot. Not a full book or anything like that, more like an article. Or a chapter in a larger book. Dude, you could knock out a PDF with greater details on Chaos Blades and/or some of the other magic systems and I would throw money at the screen! TheNaga 1 Quote
DusterBoy Posted May 4, 2020 Report Posted May 4, 2020 An expansion for each of the magic systems detailed in FANTASY HERO would be appreciated. I do really like the Chaos Blades system for its uniqueness. That, and Vansarjak, practiced in a land called Dyngereth. (And I still can't figure out if that's meant to be a reference to something 😁) Quote
Lord Liaden Posted May 4, 2020 Report Posted May 4, 2020 Operating on the assumption that you actually don't know (which your grinning emoji makes me suspect you really do), I'm pretty certain "Vansarjak" is a reference to famous sci-fi and fantasy author Jack Vance, from whose "Dying Earth" novels' magic D&D drew inspiration for its own spell-memorization system; which Vansarjak is designed to emulate. In which case "Dyngereth" is almost certainly a semi-anagram for "Dying Earth." ScottishFox and Chris Goodwin 2 Quote
DusterBoy Posted May 5, 2020 Report Posted May 5, 2020 Yeah, I actually have the Fantasy Masterworks edition of Vance's Dying Earth stories on my book shelf, so your suspicion was right. Quote
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