Sunday, February 3, 2013

Bubbling Brew

Lest you think Cauldron #1 will only focus on Swashbuckling (which it does not) the contributions by E.P. Donahue (2 new illustrated creatures+an adventure) and the Gone to Ground adventure from 'Geordie Racer' should let you know the Cauldron will always have a number of different ingredients to insure it is a successful brew!

Follow up question though, Is the Magi Carta better as one large tome, or as two separate books:

Vol 1: IQ 8-IQ12
Vol 2: IQ13-IQ18

Thoughts and opinions are welcome, back to scribing...

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8 comments:

  1. Rob BarrettFebruary 3, 2013 at 9:04 AM

    One book, I should think--unless it will be a monster of a book and difficult to handle as a result.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2013 at 11:39 AM

    How many pages is Vol 1 ?

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  3. Fenway5February 3, 2013 at 11:47 AM

    Still working on IQ11 and then on to IQ12, so I am going to guess it would be around 80 to 90 pages. I think the whole thing should come in around 200-240 pages as a wild ass guess.

    Certainly not a huge single book by any means.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    I would go for the single book then. Are you going to save rituals for B&BM ?

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    1. Fenway5February 3, 2013 at 2:15 PM

      Thanks Geordie, yes ritual magic will be in B&BM.

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  5. Chris RiceFebruary 6, 2013 at 5:30 PM

    One thing is puzzling me about learning spells. The rules state:

    "Only a Wizard Hero can learn and cast a spell above his own IQ. A Wizard adds 1 die to the attempt (4/IQ) to cast that spell anytime it is used. For example a Wizard with an IQ11 could learn up to 11 spells, and none should have an IQ rating above 11."

    Was your intention that a Wizard could learn spells above his IQ as stated in the first sentence, or not, as in the final sentence.

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    1. Fenway5February 6, 2013 at 5:47 PM

      Chris, sorry if my wording is not clear. YES a wizard (only) can learn spells above IQ. What I was meaning by "none should have an IQ rating above 11" is in reference to the 1 die penalty. So it should have been:

      none should have an IQ rating above 11, any that do add +1 die to the test.

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  6. Chris RiceFebruary 6, 2013 at 5:50 PM

    Ok, that's clear. Thanks!

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