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Table of Contents

Setting Ï p. 4

Magic Ï p. 19

Basic Rules Ï p. 9

Mimicry Ï p. 20

Creating your

Character Ï p. 13

Electric Magic Ï p. 21

Combat Ï p. 15

Mind Magic Ï p. 23

Damage Ï p. 16

Healing Ï p. 17

Nature Magic Ï p. 24

Sympathetic

Magic Ï p. 25

Fatigue Ï p. 17

Shamanic Magic Ï p. 25

W eapons Ï p. 18

Experience and

Advancement Ï p. 18

Flesh Magic Ï p. 23

Introduction

This gam e w as w ritten for the 24 hour R P G project. I heard of the project a w hile ago

and thought it w as a great w ay of trying out new R PG ideas. The m otivation/inspiration

for this particular gam e cam e out of a num ber of things: (1) liking A rs M agica, but getting

tired of the com plexity and enorm ous am ounts of bookkeeping required by the system ; (2)

w ondering w hat an A rs gam e w ould look like set in m odern tim es, (3) the Ñhigh dieÒ

version of R isus, and (4) a gam e like the Pool that gives m ore pow er to the players. A nd

hereÔs the result, such as it is J I w asnÔt able to do everything I w anted to; in particular, I

started w riting it as a ÑtraditionalÒ R P G w ith the assum ption of only one G M - w ith the

intention of going back and w riting in an option for m ore player pow er - but then I ran out

of tim e! Such is life, I guess.

ItÔs the best I could do in 24 hours. O ne thing I learned from the experience: IÔm no

longer 18; these days, getting only 3 hours of sleep adversely Ï and noticeably - affects m y

overall state of w ell being J

O f course, IÔd very m uch appreciate know ing w hat you think about this attem pt, and

any advice you have on any aspect of the gam e; in particular, do you think itÔs w orth m y

m aking a B eta version of it? You can contact m e at dream ofpeace@ earthlink.net .

and redistribute the gam e for free as long as you charge no fee for it. The im ages on the

first tw o pages are m ine; the others are royalty free and courtesy of the N O A A w ebsite.

The word most of us see s ony

the surace of a deeper word, hdden to

the average person. A seect ew are

attuned to ths hdden word, ether

through havng nherted a specal taent

at brth or through mystcal tranng.

From remote monasteres and

hermtages to the basements and

rootops of apartment budngs n our

bggest ctes, smal communtes of

mystcs contnue an age-ong tradton of

tranng gted students to see wth

arcane vson and to eel wth mystcal

attunement. n tme, f a student

possesses enough courage and

ntegence he earns the tte of Master

of the Mystc Ats.

He becomes a Mage.

Yes, magc exsts n our very own

word, today n the 21 st century. When

we were chdren we coud al see magc

and the ows of magcal energy al

around us, but chdren speakng of

these thngs are never taken serousy by

aduts; graduay, we are convnced to

gnore and shut down our arcane vson

as we grow oder. Most aduts today

cant see magc, even f powerul magc

s done rght beore ther eyes. Ther

mnds dont accept t, and so they cant

see t. f the magc s especay

powerul ther subconscous mght

transate t nto somethng ese, ke

seeng a ghost or an aen, but usuay

theyl smpy gnore t as f t ddnt

happen, and wl eel vaguey dsqueted

and uncomortabe wthout knowng why.

A ew ndvduas, however, never

earned to shut down ther mystc sght,

and so see what others dont dare to.

Some of these peope wnd up n mental

nsttutons, dagnosed as schzophrencs

or wth whatever term the atest DSM

manual suggests. A ucky ew are abe

to nd a mentor, a mage who has

earned to ve n the arcane word and

who s wng to teach. Others nd ther

Setting

way to remote monasteres, hermtages,

or even caves to receve tranng rom

the knowedgeabe ew. However t

happens, those who are abe and wng

to become magi do, and have access to

both greater power and responsbty

than the average person ever dreams o.

wth breaches of magcal aw and to deal

wth threats. Mages are expected to

spend some of ther tme n servce to

the Whte Counc. Part of the Mages

Credo s, Ìto those whom much s gven,

much s requredÍ. Whe most magi

woud preer to spend ther tme

researchng and nvestgatng the magcal

word, they reaze that because of ther

poston and power they shoud act or

the benet of humanty when the

mundane word s unabe to do so or

tse. Unortunatey, such occasons are

al too requent, and have been

becomng more so through the years.

One threat to both mundanes and

magi are dark wzards. Some dark

mages are peope who never had ormal

tranng, but earned on ther own how to

access magcal power. Unortunatey,

they dd so n such a way that t twsted

ther mnds so that they became crazy

wth power, and they use t to expot

others; a ew go on maddened

destructve sprees, ashng out at

everythng they can untl theyre stopped.

Most mages recognze ths

responsbty. The Whte Councl was

deveoped as a wordwde body to rue

the magcal word. Dsputes between

magi are brought to the Counc, and t

aso sets poces or reatons between

magi and the mundane word. The

Councl aso has an enorcement arm

known as the Excubtor Candors, the

Whte Guardans) of magi and mundane

hepers to use when necessary to deal

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