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Forum: Magic Burner

Discuss the latest in the extensive Burning Wheel magic system, from Abstractions to Summoning and beyond!

  1. Interesting uses for the Bind spell

    So my completely non-gamer girlfriend (won’t even watch fantasy movies) overheard me talking to a friend about a Bind spell mishap (accidentally...

    Posted By Irminsul
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    luke
    08-18-2010 08:09 AM Go to last post

  2. Trying out making spells, would appreciate some pointers/advice

    So I finally wrapped my head around the distillation-process, finding the 'final distillaton phase' and understanding that the spell-abstractions...

    Posted By Nihilium
    abstraction, d&d, distillation, distilling, spells
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    Nihilium
    08-18-2010 02:46 AM Go to last post

  3. Magic Burner Errata List

    Here's what was fixed from first to second printing. I thought I posted this. I'm sorry that it took me so long to realize that I hadn't! page 2 —...

    Posted By luke
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    stormsweeper
    08-16-2010 07:35 AM Go to last post

  4. Enchanting spirit weapon

    We play a Burning Wheel campaign using infection and scene economy of Burning Empire. The setting is a few year before American Revolutionary War,...

    Posted By Sdric
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    stormsweeper
    08-14-2010 04:36 PM Go to last post

  5. Magic system for Artesia

    Has anybody worked on a magic system for playing BW using the Artesia setting? I realize that Artesia has its own RPG, but I'd like to play BW...

    Posted By Valannor
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    Valannor
    08-13-2010 11:40 AM Go to last post

  6. Spirit Binding and Gifted

    Is it required to be gifted to use spirit binding? Perhaps this is a stupid question and I should be sleeping instead of contemplating characters at...

    Posted By Peregrine
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    Peregrine
    08-13-2010 07:12 AM Go to last post

  7. Slight Hack of Spirit Binding

    I'm thinking of hacking the spirit binding rules slightly so that spirits are intelligible beings in possession of personalities. Does anyone with...

    Posted By greyjoy
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    greyjoy
    08-09-2010 09:05 PM Go to last post

  8. Avatar, Last Airbender -> BW&MoBu. Ideas?

    So I am reading the MaBu, and have just finished watching the last airbender series. Quite good, even for an old chap like me. So we might/might not...

    Posted By Archdaimon
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    Archdaimon
    08-02-2010 12:53 PM Go to last post

  9. What does Emperor's Hand do?

    Or rather, for what effect would anyone use it? It taxes Fortè, which will recover once an action. I guess that the recipient would pass out if...

    Posted By Nihilium
    spelln effect
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    Trithemius
    07-28-2010 09:48 PM Go to last post

  10. Belaboring the point - on MB and Teleportation

    Hey everyone! I've yet to play or gamemaster BW, but I'm considering a new campaign. I need to know the limits of the system, and what can and...

    Posted By Eleas
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    Eleas
    07-27-2010 07:27 PM Go to last post

  11. Prince of Nothing Magic and another, general question.

    Hi, I was wondering - is it possible to closely emulate the magic as shown in the novels of Scott R. Bakker (Prince of Nothing series)? I hope...

    Posted By Shinrei
    magic, prince of nothing, toolkit
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    Eleas
    07-26-2010 09:20 PM Go to last post

  12. Death Art and Souls

    First off, two questions about Death Art (love it, by the way). First, is it just me, or does Soldier of the Damned seem less effective than...

    Posted By rabek
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    dryn
    07-24-2010 06:02 PM Go to last post

  13. Low speech query?

    What is the spell from CB p.179 supposed to do/enable the caster to do? "Low speech" makes you able to communicate with animals according to a...

    Posted By Nihilium
    realms, spelln effect, thac0
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    pseudoidiot
    07-22-2010 09:56 AM Go to last post

  14. Do one get tests for casting spells?

    We've always assumed you didn't, since you roll tons'o'dice and really aren't testing the Sorcery-skill (a high will goes a long way). I've recently...

    Posted By Nihilium
    logged tests, spells, tests
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    Nihilium
    07-21-2010 04:47 PM Go to last post

  15. Distilling spells.

    When you distill spells, are you allowed to combine effects that are mathematically most sound, or do the different elements need to be combined in...

    Posted By Nihilium
    distilling, rules, spells
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    Nihilium
    07-13-2010 08:59 AM Go to last post

  16. Enchanting Handy Knicknacks

    In a campaign we're starting today, this old and powerful Dwarven civilization had access to Enchanting when using antecedents (and vessels) rendered...

    Posted By Odie
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    Kublai
    07-12-2010 04:49 PM Go to last post

  17. Death Art, Sorcery, Corruption

    I don't know if this is the appropriate forum, but I just read the Death Art section of the Magic Burner and would like to say: "creamy...

    Posted By wreckage
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    wreckage
    07-02-2010 02:03 AM Go to last post

  18. CaBu + Summoning = a hot mess?

    Is it feasible to throw in Summoning, Enchanting and Necromancy with the Character Burner magics (human spell list, orc blood magic, elven spell...

    Posted By Judd
    bwfr
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    Judd
    06-18-2010 10:48 PM Go to last post

  19. Questions on Sorcery, Shades, and Spell Effects

    Re-reading The Black Company for the umpteenth time and playing a seven-lifepath sorcerer has gotten me thinking about the Sorcery mechanics and...

    Posted By Kestral
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    Iskander
    05-31-2010 09:21 AM Go to last post

  20. Quick enchanting question about vessels

    If I'm an enchanter and I want to enchant my sword (say to give it a higher VA), the text in the Vessels section seems to imply that I can't do that....

    Posted By Jimbozig
    • Replies: 1
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    luke
    05-28-2010 09:12 PM Go to last post
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