The Rational Magic Campaign PDF is now on DTRPG for Backers! We have sent out the complimentary copy links today. Along with the PDF are character sheets for 5e and Lore System and the Lore System rules as a stand-alone book. We will wait 2 weeks for feedback to correct any…
"The Guild Representative" if the first art work finished for the Rational Magic campaign book, and it might be the cover image. The artist Jennifer S. Lange, knocked it out of the park by creating a character I would like to play, who exists in a world I want to…
I have not done much in Rational Magic for the last month as I have focused on getting the kickstarter ready for The Sassoon Files (which will start September 1st). I did get two decent play-test sessions down, where I re-verified the combat works and then focused on refinements to…
When I started working on Rational Magic, I was thinking about how common fantasy elements from D&D would translate into a rational setting. I knew I would be creating a fantasy analog of a post-singularity sci-fi setting. That was the point; I originally created the setting as a way of…
So I’m mostly an old style D&D player at heart. But my best friend, business partner, frequent GM, and evil brother thinks he likes “narrative gaming”. I don’t think it’s correct to call what he does “narrative GMing”. Or, maybe this term “narrative” means different things to different people.To me,…
In Rational Magic, Conditions describe a problem or difficulty that could effect a character, an item (e.g. weapon), or a Zone, mechanically increasing the difficulty of a tasks unless the you can role-play a reason why the Condition does not apply. A successful attack in Conflict will often inflict Conditions.So,…
So, last week I had a birthday. Even though I feel in my heart that I’m a 17 year old boy trapped in a a body which performs almost as well as a 25 year old, in actuality, I have traveled around Earth’s sun a lot more times than how…
In Rational Magic, meaningful PvP is not to be discouraged, although every table can set their own rules for this. Players may have secret identities and hidden agendas which cause PvP. Players can decide their characters are “turned” to the merits of aligning with a different faction or have been…
There are several factors that prompted me to make a new system for my game. I wrote about this before. As I look back, I realize that some of the reasons why I started with a new system was because I was looking for a Goldilocks solution that was “not…
Rational Magic is a game of investigation, intrigue, and espionage set in a gritty “dystopian fantasy” world; a world that evolved from a traditional sword and sorcery setting. Rational Magic uses the Lore Role-Playing Game (RPG) System, purpose-built for this game. This blog post series shows-off settings and Lore Sheets (link to…
Rational Magic is a game of investigation, intrigue, and espionage set in a gritty “dystopian fantasy” world; a world that evolved from a traditional sword and sorcery setting. Rational Magic uses the Lore Role-Playing Game (RPG) System, purpose-built for this game.This blog post series shows-off Lore Sheets (link to SRD); a…
Rational Magic is a game of investigation, intrigue, and espionage set in a gritty “dystopian fantasy” world; a world that evolved from a traditional sword and sorcery setting. Rational Magic uses the Lore Role-Playing Game (RPG) System, purpose-built for this game.This blog post series shows-off Lore Sheets (link to SRD); a…
Rational Magic April 13, 2018 After the last play test about two months ago , I put the whole game back into "revision mode". I'm would like to find more groups of play-testers to see if the new changes work well. Since the last build of this game, I re-focusing the…