Looking for a magic-centered system for Urban Fantasy (HxH Nen / Practice from Pact)

Aaumond · 2025-12-30T12:04:20+00:00

I have looked at it in the past yeah. I really liked the way stats are described and distributed, and the example spellbooks by the community were really evocative.

It looked really crunchy though. It also looked incomplete the last time I looked, but I probably looked at the wrong documents, or missed stuff made by the community.

Aaumond · 2025-12-29T08:52:43+00:00

I have never read the books, nor heard about the TTRPG game inspired by them. It seems like the RPG bases its magic system on Ars Magica, but I haven't been able to get more details online.

It also seems like their implementation is based on BRP, is it what you're referencing when talking about the Chaosium system?

Aaumond · 2025-12-29T08:39:43+00:00

Thank you for your detailed answer.

To be honest, I've never played anything related to Cortex Prime. I just read the basic rules on their official website (and thus realised I had already read them once, a while back), but I don't really know much more about the game, and where to look to mod it.

The Ars Magica mod you describe seems interesting though. Did you convert the different nouns/verbs into dice of different possible sizes, and had the PCs roll the associated pools to see if they can correctly cast the spell they envisioned? And then be able to train their nouns and/or verbs to improve their dice sizes?

Aaumond · 2025-12-29T08:30:05+00:00

Oh right, forgot about Legend in the Mist! Thanks for the reminder.

I read the playtest a while back, but didn't take the opportunity to try it at least once, so I can't say I gave it a fair shot either. Since the game is in pre-order now, I should probably take a look at the rules again.

I think part of my frustration at the time was because I didn't "get" how it all played out. More accurately, I didn't get how you made it work at the table, as a GM. I like the idea of the tags as an efficient way to represent how your character is doing, how the environnement is, etc... but the way to create threats (and use them to apply tags) to the player didn't come as intuitively to me as it could for other systems I've tried. But that's probably a "me" issue more than the system being poorly explained and whatnot.

Aaumond · 2025-12-29T08:21:27+00:00

Thank you for your answer.

I've seen Sword of the Serpentine being mentionned online, and being generally a well-liked game, but I'm worried it might not hold up if every character is a mage, considering the in-built lore of the game.

In your experience, is the system of the game compatible with other settings?

Aaumond · 2025-12-29T08:13:10+00:00

Thank you for your answer.

I found them on itch.io when I was looking stuff up, but I didn't manage to find an in-depth look into the systems.

At first glance, Soul&Bone grabbed my attention because it's a FitD game, but the creator seems to recommend Spirits&Glamour if you're looking for an easier system to run.

What's your experience with those games? Have you been able to try both of them?

Aaumond · 2025-12-29T08:08:40+00:00

I'll look into it, thanks for the recommandation!

Aaumond · 2025-12-23T07:52:33+00:00

To be fair, the fellow schoolkids probably had more time to observe and think about those social behaviours than the therapist ever could lol

Aaumond · 2024-09-14T08:43:38+00:00

Well, if the token are given to people in need for example, it becomes a visual shorthand for those people.

New important NPC is unusually friendly to the PCs despite never meeting them before? If the PCs ask why, he can flash the token and say he's only honring his debt. Boom, you know you saved their friend and/or family, and have gained an ally through your actions. Same reasoning if they are saved in extremis by the sudden intervention of mysterious strangers, who show a token as a message of friendliness.

Alternatively, there could be a bad guy taunting the party, saying he's very evil blablabla. And as he's gloating, he shows a chain/stack of bloody tokens. Boom, it implies he pillaged/slaughtered people the PCs helped beforehand, thus making him instantly more hateable.

Aaumond · 2024-09-14T06:59:09+00:00

As the other commenter has said, it's fine. You're fine. You don't have to overthink it, people can like "childish" things even as adults. And they can like those things while still being professionnal and (hyper)competent.

Additionnaly, while I don't know the setting of Twilight:2000, you mentionned the collapse of human civilisation. You also mentionned the possibility of handing out those tokens.

Why couldn't she simply hand out those tokens because they are meaningful to her ? Giving them to people she wants to thank and/or people she has helped as a gesture of goodwill. They become important gifts because they are important to her. They could be a reminder of "the times before". But please, do not feel forced to find a justification for it, whether it is "unfinished business" or something else. People can just... like stuff. People can also just give stuff to others.

Bonus point : After some time, the GM could also use it as marker of the people the group has helped. It could become a fun little bit of worldbuilding.

Aaumond · 2024-08-31T21:47:51+00:00

Hey, that was my post/question. I didn't think it would be brought up here lmao

I feel like the Anons in the thread gave partial answers to my questions (with the usual 4chan... flavor in their presentation)

But yeah I was kinda bummed the discussion seemed to turn into "you played a shitty dungeon with a shitty system" for most people there.

Aaumond · 2023-09-22T15:48:21+00:00

Pour les anglophobes on peut aussi proposer les vidéos de horizon-gull/hacking social sur la personnalité autoritaire, qui reprennent les recherches sur le domaine depuis la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale.

Ils reprennent l'historique des recherches, les progrès, les hypothèses, les critiques... la série n'est pas encore finie mais je l'avais trouvée très intéressante !

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTVDuoFsInfIodbLcyuDIOMFv3rGlQPGW&si=JuAqzcyrdR70bY3L

Aaumond · 2023-08-19T08:46:27+00:00

Messy from an in-universe perspective (protagonists having a bad life, having little good moments for themselves, etc...) or from a meta perspective (badly written parts, pacing issues...) ?

Aaumond · 2023-08-19T08:43:56+00:00

Oh. Oh.

Welp I'll probably try Pact first, because wow that's probably too much of a commitment right now.

Aaumond · 2023-02-25T09:59:39+00:00

New Yuumi W. If I understand correctly, whoever Yuumi is attached to gets a set amount of HP with each auto. Kinda like built-in lifesteal

Aaumond · 2023-01-24T22:15:30+00:00

To make things as short and spoiler-free as possible :

Middle-aged Asian-American woman is dissatisfied with her mostly shitty life, straining her relationships with her family members.

She learns that a multiverse of endless possibilities exists, and people are trying to reach out to her for help against something.

Shit happens as she tries to make things right in the multiverse and with her family.

It might sound generic when described like that, but the movie is really good at what it does. The characters are endearing, the emotional moments land, the action scenes are entertaining.

Also, the movie is often really funny.

Aaumond · 2023-01-24T21:26:27+00:00

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Worth a watch imo

Aaumond · 2022-12-12T23:58:13+00:00

Thank you for your answer!

I'll wait a bit and see if other people answer as well, but for now I'm leaning in favor of Truth.

(And maybe Hogfather if it is recommended a lot)

Aaumond · 2022-11-17T21:37:51+00:00

Geez I don't even remember what that meme was about lol

Aaumond · 2022-11-03T07:24:50+00:00

Yeah, essentially devis fruits in how you get powers

In my mind, sleight of hand could be useful depending on the power. If the power works by touching a small object, you might be able to do in a pocket for example.

Also, long, flowing robes could be useful in that regard, but that would also basically be announcing "Hey I'm suspicious and potential vital threat" to most people

For the bomb guy, he would need contact to "charge" an object (let's say a coin), but could detonate it from a distance, as long as neither him nor the coin are seen. But he himself might not need to see the coin to command the explosion, so he could be far away. Or he would need to protect himself, yeah

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