This is all expected in the “Powered by the Apocalypse” (PTBA) system and it’s spin offs.

There are a few TTRPGs that let you build a magic system for yourself. The most developed one is called Ars Magica. I recently discovered a newer game called Tattered Magicks that also lets you craft magic for your spellcaster.

D&D is fun, but it’s not the only rpg out there

So… I take it they’re not familiar with Mage?

Exactly.

Hell, there’s even Kids On Broomsticks, if you’re looking for some Calvinball Lite shenanigans.

Man, I need to play this again at some point

Only round I had the chance of playing was a very short round 15 or so years ago at a convention, where I played a character that basically scripted reality around him with code

Very unconventional, but I’m going to allow it.

Man I forgot all about Dungeon World. I think I backed a kickstarter they did a long time ago. Never got around to playing it tho. I’ll have to dig it out and see if my game group is interested.

I spend a Fabula point - do we all agree that red things have resistance against Fire element?

The DM, nodding along fiercely and holding the skull tokens he uses as Ultima points:

Would work pretty well in Fabula Ultima

final fantasy accessories make sense now

Nope, I’m not. What is it?

I feel like people use “D&D” like “Google” when people say “D&D idea” they generally mean “any TTRPG idea” and when people say “Google It” they mean “look it up”

Presumably you have a limited number of wishes.

My guess would be that they are referring to “Mage: The Ascension”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mage:_The_Ascension

I agree with you, but find it absolutely hilarious that the two examples you gave are the ones I almost never hear people around me using.

Turnabout and all that; now the enemies all start carrying wooden whistles they use right before casting fireball at you. At the very least, it would be silly and should hopefully get the players being extra careful as they craft their spells!

Thanks, sounds interesting!

Ah, but they don’t know about the anti-wooden whistle wax I dipped my ribbon in!

The system was certainly before its time and, like many of its kin (heh [WoD]), still holds value as a fantastic structure to weave collaborative stories with strangers & friends alike.

IMHO, if it weren’t for those rulesets blazing trails outside of D&D’s sandbox (too often resembling a litter box, NGL), we wouldn’t have so many OGs today willing to run and/or teach a different way of gaming.

I’m quietly ecstatic to see the adversarial DM trope, toxic AF that it is, getting left in the dust as GMing becomes far less off-putting as people grasp how different it can be: with very little prep & stress, one can focus more on facilitating and inspiring fun for the whole table — which is more rewarding for everyone, really.

p.s. “short round”, Docta Jones? 🤌