Inktober 2019 Day 5 - Build / Socialite Witch


A magic system in a role-playing game can be used to say a lot about the world in which it is set. Perhaps just as much as the general rule system, it provides a context of what is easily possible, what is metaphysically unlikely or pushing the boundaries, and what is simply forbidden.

In many settings, building new life is something outside the realms of even the most powerful magic. In some settings, achieving this goal may be one of the tasks that marks one as ready to join the archmages and ascended mystics. In this way mystic potential is directly reflected in the status of a mage.

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