Just to be clear right from the start this isn’t my system and its not entirely new.
I talked the creator into letting me post it here to show off a few of the ideas. Comprehensive rules are coming. But I thought I’d post a few of the concepts I remember since they caught my attention.
There are 7 levels of magic and the 7th level gives you access to one of the 4 high schools. The lower levels just gives you lots of cantrips and the medium levels give you some interesting spells. From memory the schools of high magic are Binding, necro and 2 more.
There are several PC races. There were orcs, elves, dwarves and treants. Each have 7 levels of “purity” If you don’t buy at least one point in a race you’re human. (No benefits or penalties) The races all get an uber ability at level 7 and you can’t have more than one race or change your racial level after character creation. The level 7 powers I can remember are: Immunity to metal weapons for dwarves. Unable to be attacked unless you start the fight for elves. Treants I think get some natural armor and strength. I don’t remember about orcs.
Your cash is much more important in this system. If you buy a weapon you’re actualy paying for training with it. (You also get the weapon) If you pick it up in game but haven’t paid for it you have to use it in your off hand. They also buy armor which I think might have been customised enough that it can’t be looted.
Now I’m starting to get a little vauge here but asside from the 7 points you get to spend in character creation you also get to buy a skill. One involved making magical trinkets. All mages need to have the literacy skill. Um . . there are a whole bunch of others.
Now this larp existed long before Mordavia or the society and its awesome. The magic system is the most complex I’ve seen in a larp. The races have levels of purity allowing in theory for intra racial tension as well as inter racial. There is a rich history both created by the game designer and also by the players actions.
If you remember details I’ve left out feel free to add them. Otherwise leave thoughts about how it sounds. I’ve probably left out a great many things but I like to think I’ve remembered enough to give you a feel for the world.
I never actualy played. Only having read the manual after the last game was run. So I appologise for not telling you more about the world and the NPCs and the SLs. In any case everyone I’ve talked to who’s played seems enthusiastic and many of them have diligently nagged Anna Cruise to run another game.