Academagia pdf request

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By reflex I want to direct you to /r/, but I'm pretty sure they don't have PDF enabled.

>>51611746
member when
>>>/rs/
existed

>>51611772
Of course. I uploaded the New Phyrexia Godbook there back when it leaked.
I miss /rs/.

>>51611772
Man. Those were the days.
Of course, nobody really noticed when it left, so

>>51611746
>cryoturgy
>electroturgy
>pyroturgy

>>51611097
>>51611746
What the fuck? I made this. People are actually looking for this?

>>51612889
I tried having suffixes be themed per each college, so yeah, it came out with some cringeworthy names. Which was kinda intentional. The worst one by far was probably 'choromatics' though, since nobody knew what the fuck 'choro' meant. But "spacematics" or "spatiamatics" didn't read well either.

So, anyone else actually playtested my system? I'd love to hear about how it's went.

>>51611746
Wait, what?!
That's even a thing?

>>51613709
Not what you were looking for? Dang, I was hoping I had fans!

>>51611772
Member when rapidsearch.yi.org was discontinued and the owner said "what's the point of me running this superior site when we already have 4chan /rs/ that does the same job?"

>>51615430
But who even used rs at that time... nobody

>>51614237
I didn't even know this exists. But I'm glad it does.

>>51614237
That's some nice and clean formatting and layout. Good job!

>>51611746
Whoa, this exists? Damn, I need to try running it now if I can find people for it.

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May have to try running this

Any ideas on why I'm unable to d/l the pdf? I'm constantly getting 0kb files. Tried grabbing it through two different browsers even

>>51619021
Are you able to open it on your browser? Give it a little time, when I opened it, my computer took a full minute to get it open.

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I want to sample Sucy's potion.

>>51619150
I just get the message "Failed to load PDF document" and the little Reload button gives the same results.

>>51619187
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>>51619266
Just imagine how it must feel...

>>51619213
Connection issue, I guess?
Grab a laptop and find a place with free wi-fi, try there.
If free isn't an option, go to a coffee shop and get something nice to drink or McDonalds and get a coke.

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>>51611746
Not really a fan of how ghettoized the magic is, but otherwise bredy gud.

Also, while I get the appeal of using magic like a relatively freeform superpower, I do think you shouldn't knock discrete spell lists either, especially not for a game with Harry Potter elements*, since the individual spells in Harry Potter are a real important part of the setting, especially the goofy little toy spells the tooth-growing hex.

*even if that's not what you're intending the game to be about, people are going to want to use it that way

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>>51619187
I want to say that mai waifu is PURE, but in all honesty, she's really not.

>>51620861
I'm not the author, but do you have any suggestions on how to rework that?

>>51611097
>>51611746
Hoold up, somebody made a homebrew for Little Witch Academia?

>>51613441
You're awesome dude, I'll have to read this.

>>51611746
I'm using this for GURPS now

>>51613441
I like it man. If it's actually based off of LWA you might have to do some revising after the anime ends?

I want to impregnate Akko

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>>51630402

I always thought that Little Wizards would be the better system for this, but Acadamagia doesn't look bad either

>>51621672
>>51613441
I'd recommend reworking the courses into things like D&D spell schools. It feels kind of silly (in a capeshitty way, not in a witchy way) that there is a "FIRE CLASS 101" and an "ICE CLASS 101". A proper witch, even a specialist, would have a variety of spells at her disposal. Thus, I it'd be better if there were an "Elemental Evocation 101", which would include fire, ice, electricity, air, water, and earth. It might be required if you wanted to get a degree in alchemy, alchemical engineering, or battle magic.

Then I'd recommend a specific list of spells as opposed to general superpower criteria. Since the game is about witches-in-training, a spell failure mechanic (and possibly miscast tables!) might be in order. I'd recommend against a spells per day system, since that might discourage experimentation.

Each spell should have one or more subjects associated with it. Your sum of your grades in a course plus any bonuses from studying that subject on your own determine your general competency in that subject -- if you've never taken a class, then just the latter. Your likelihood to cast a spell correctly (and to control its power, and to avoid side effects if it is cast incorrectly) is based on your highest competency score applicable to that spell.

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>>51619187
>>51621266
This is now a Sucy thread.

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>>51619187
>>51621266
>>51632848
Awyisss.

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>>51632848
But Lotte is the best witch!

>>51630667
Wrong. She has tits. That means she's ready.

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>>51632848
>>51634314
I cast dump.

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>>51636321

>>51621672
I like that it's not Vancian magic. I hate having to stop the action of play to look up spell lists, effects, ranges etcetera. How does combat work? Is it round by round or do players discuss their actions and resolve them as a scene.

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>>51636344

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>>51636664

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>All this shit taste
Best witch coming through

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>>51637165
Second best maybe.

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>>51637661

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>>51631519
Sounds a little more organic.
>>51613441 should jot down some notes from the series for sure and do some updates as details unfold.

.

Just finished watching Eps 04 and thought Lotte as a kid was pretty cute. Had the urge to screengrab and shoop.

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>>51637762
Was waiting for the right moment to pull out this one out

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>>51637823

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>>51637972

the only thing that would make this book better are more lore articles and illustrations

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So if Sucy is from the Phillipines and only half human, which parent was human and what was the other?

>>51638191
Yeah like examples of 'day in the life of the average -INSERT SCHOOL HERE- user' and shit like that.

>>51638667
we've seen concept art of Sucy's Mom, and she seems to have some shapeshifting ability, so my bet goes to her.

>>51638769
Aswang maybe? A sort of shapeshifting vampire/ghoul/lycanthrope from her area, known to sometimes marry humans and very loyal to friends despite their monstrous tendency to eat children.

>>51639038
that's what I was thinking.
Adding to that, they've often been described as quiet, reclusive, and more importantly having droopy bloodshot eyes; things our dear Sucy has in spades.

>>51637762
Source?

>>51638667
>half human
When was this stated

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>>51637749
>Fuggin widch, go bag to Hogfarts :DDDD

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>>51640725

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>>51640737
lel.

>>51619021
Huh, that is odd. I know I have the original file on my old computer, which is lying around somewhere. I can get it out tomorrow, and upload it. That file should work.

>>51626887
I actually have been wanting to revisit the project for a long time, especially given the anime and second movie. Now that it seems I have people interested, I guess I really should!

The 'rework' I had in mind was very radical, but if people like the basis of this system, I could just try to improve it.

And yes, I'd definitely take the recent anime into account. The system is meant to be a combination of LWA -and- HP, but it's definitely majority LWA.

>>51620861
>>51631519
I like this idea. I trusted in the Administrator to provide for miscast effects and such, but supplying some suggestions is not a bad idea!

I really didn't want spell lists, as I wanted to keep the system very freeform. However, I DEFINITELY agree that the spell schools I had were shit. That was the #1 thing I wanted to change.

The grade descriptions were simultaneously really boring and number-heavy, while also not being crunchy or mechanically interesting. I definitely wanted to revise that.

And I did agree the schools didn't feel particularly interesting. I'd probably stick closer to the source material of HP and LWA in a future iteration. Perhaps 'specialties' could govern things like being better at fire rather than ice, and so on... something like that...

However, I definitely did NOT want spell lists, for the same reason this anon provided: >>51636457. I figured players would collaborate to decide classic HP and LWA style spells, rather than have to pick them from a literal list. You know? I much preferred the more freeform way of describing what you're capable of, but not what

(Continued...)

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>>51640787

>>51638191
Lol, you liked the lore? Thanks... I actually kinda find it embarassing looking back to it.

I definitely had plans to include illustrations and more examples of play and lore in the next draft. "A day in the life", as suggested by >>51638703, was on the list.

>>51636457
Combat was basically purely narrative in this draft. I really didn't intend for this draft to be treated anywhere close to final (it was like 0.01 and was written in just a few days), which is why there is no section on how to handle injuries, stress, etc. I was playtesting possibilities for it then.

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So, given that it seems plenty of people are interested... I guess Academagia is back on my active roster! I've already been thinking about it off and on, but now I feel really galvanized to give it the proper polish it deserves. It's been quite a while since I touched it last, and I'm confident I can make it better.

Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful feedback, everyone. It really means a lot. It's super surreal seeing so many people enjoy a dinky little personal project I made three years ago!

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Who is this?

>>51640836
Oh, and I also definitely wanted to revise what counted as an 'Easy A'. Having actions equal to your grade be Easy As was definitely a mistake...

>>51640787
You can't trust players to interpret your rules in a specific way. You can't assume that they're going to look at, say, Cryoturgy and say something like, "I cast the spell Englaciatus Maximus to encase the dragon in a block of ice!" They might lack imagination, or they might see that as a nuisance and just treat cryoturgy as an ice superpower defined within the limits you've written down.

Remember another thing: just because you have spell lists doesn't mean the players have to pick from them! You could assemble a table of spellbooks for the Administrator to select from and give to players. You could also have a list of spells the students learn just from attending class -- in week 1 of Elemental Evocation, they might learn "flint sparks", "static cling", and "frosty condensation". The second week they might learn "snuff flame" and "electric insulation". By the end of the semester, they'd be learning "hands of glory", "surface freeze", and "Nikola's lesser arc".

Imagine one PC attending class and learning a spell to levitate a single lightweight object. She has fun doing this, so after practicing it on her own, she checks a book out from the library called "Ye Danse of ye Wynds", which contains a number of similar spells. Most of these are too difficult for her to perform, but she uses her knowledge gained from class to get to the point where she can inconsistently perform a spell that lets her levitate a number of objects at once, and move them around in the air once they are off the ground. She gets better at this and eventually impresses her friends by levitating the fallen autumn leaves into the shapes of funny puppets and making them perform a puppet show!

Leaving it all up to the players to come up with their own spells based on what the rules say they can do with magic might cheat them out of the experience of progressively learning new spells as they explore the wonderful world of magic.

Reminder that LWA is a Nickelodeon shit-tier children-oriented Jap-Harry Potter anime with Western-style animation and not only is a shit anime but also shouldn't have its place on /a/.

>>51641455
Reminder that being a desiccated turd about everything you don't especially like means nobody actually enjoys spending time with you, and you will grow to be a burden on everyone you know until the day they finish paying off your cemetery plot.
On that day someone will breath a sigh of mild relief and they will never think of you again.

What are some other good systems for this genre? Wasn't there a Harry Potter homebrew tg made?

>>51641376
Agreed with everything you're saying. Great stuff. I'll reply in more detail later but I'm on phone right now.

Right, in the final version I would have recommended players and GMs collaborate to come up with spell names, but again, this was my personal-use playtest version. A lot of things I never got around to putting in it, such as an extended GMing section.

Once again. Thanks for the feedback and awesome suggestions!

>>51641455
Most of those things you said aren't bad

>>51641376
>Nikola's Lesser Arc
Well done, that man.

When I saw the thread I thought it was about an rpg version of the Academagia pc game. Seems I was mistaken.

>>51640710
It's on the wiki, though her being from the Philippines got changed to just "southeast Asia" after the creators decided to make things more generic for some reason.

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Akko a cute.

>>51642588
Welll it is still a "school of wizardy" type game.

>>51641665
Yes, HP and the Tabletop Game. It needed a revamp but it's playable, but would need extrensive refluffing to work for LWA

I'm fairly partial to the way the rules system is now, although I'm not opposed to making the magic system a little less nebulous.
I just like how kind of free form it is, instead of being limited by long lines of spell lists and all the associated bookkeeping.

>>51643122
Can't sympathise with a cunt.

>>51641699
>>51645507
Remember that spell lists don't have to be complex and tedious! A cheat sheet of spells sorted by school with one-line explanation of what they do would make spell lists so much easier to deal with, maybe with certain spells having a short internal list of augments to the effect on which the players can spend their degrees of success, advancing once in a list per degree of success.

>flint sparks: The caster flicks sparks from her fingertips, igniting kindling or gunpowder.
>static cling: The caster imbues a handkerchief-sized patch of fabric, hair, or fur with a light electrical charge, causing it to stand on end or adhere to things lightly.
>frosty condensation: The caster touches an object, chilling it and causing water droplets to condense on it by the end of this round, and freeze by the end of the next
>snuff flame: The caster sticks her hand into a [candle/torch/campfire]-sized flame, putting it out instantly.*
>electric insulation: The caster touches a [grapefruit/cantaloupe/watermelon]-sized object, causing it to resist electrical charge for [one round/one hour/one day].
>hands of glory: The caster's left hand bursts into unconsuming flame for [one turn/one hour] or until she makes a fist with that hand.
>surface freeze: The caster touches the surface of a [hot tub/swimming pool/pond]-sized body of water, causing it to freeze over for one day. The ice [is not/is] strong enough to skate on.
>Nikola's lesser arc: A bolt of electricity arcs from the caster's hands or wand, moderately charging a grounded and conductive object a short ways away to lightly damage it.**

"Short range" means "within 10 feet", as opposed to "mid range" which means "across the classroom" and "long range" which means "down the hallway".

*Yes, this means she burns her hands if she fails to cast the spell correctly!
**Unless it resists the charge.


Still would need a little more polishing to make it nice and compact, but you get the idea

>>51645507
Yeah, I dont think I'll change that much for 0.02. I have a few subsystems I'd like to add (stress, and a simple form of "time management" to capture the importance of studying) and a few fixes (the dice mechanic, perhaps?) And I definitely want to overhaul the spell system. Other than that it played fine in the few playtests I got to do.

The 'radical rework' I had in mind was to convert it closer to PBTA, with moves instead of freeform resolution. But I don't think that'd be necessary at all.

If anyone has any suggestions for other things to add or fix, I'd love to hear them.

>>51646041
And, of course, rules should be included for the invention of new spells.

>>51646082
Maybe you could set up a Discord for playtesting or throwing ideas around?

Should the world's lore be expanded upon?

>>51643096
Who updates the wiki? She still has a Philippino name so why wouldn't she be philippina?

>>51646824
She's a philippino in everything but name, basically.
Producer-sensie said in an interview on /a/ that they want her to be mysterious.

>>51646041
This is precisely what I would do, yeah. A lot like 0.01 in its descriptions and such, but with more of an emphasis on narrative effect rather than numbers. You're full of wonderful suggestions!

>>51646085
Definitely! I want to cover 'wild magic', 'spell creation', and 'miscasts' in the new version for sure. I think inventing new spells would fall under some possible 'studying' mechanics I'm working on, which would fit alongside the 'stress' system I'm planning to cover for HP (alongside emotional injury and as a penalty for poor time management)

>>51646467
Not a bad idea. If there's enough interest I'll definitely do it.

>>51646742
If people liked it, then yeah! Feel free to come up with stuff. I can try fleshing it out if people want that, too. There were a few details I left open for GMs, as well.

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>>51647909
Also, forgot my image. I have a big store of artwork I used for inspiration making Academagia. I'd be happy to dump it in the thread.

>>51647985
I certainly wouldn't mind it.

>>51647985
Go ahead

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>>51648486
>>51648439
Sorry about the wait, but I come bearing good news! I went and recovered my data off my old computer, and with it, the original PDF for version 0.01 of Academagia.

In addition, I have the original -files- for it as well, so I can begin working on 0.02 without having to redo it from scratch! Huzzah.

>>51648708
>>51611746
Huh okay what's the difference between these two PDFs? Unlike some anons having problem, the first one opens just fine for me.

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>>51648808
Not sure myself, but I figured I'd just upload the original to see if if fixes anyone's problem. :)

>>51648889
Ah, cool.

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>>51647909
So I've mentioned the 'stress' system a few times.

The health mechanic I had been settling on in playtests was basically an abstraction. Injuries and wounds and such would be purely narrative, since it's rare that people's injuries or wounds really hamper them (or even happen at all) in Harry Potter and Little Witch Academia; either it's comical, or it's their consequences that matter more.

What we were instead using is a system sorta inspired by Fate, where you take 'Stress'. This could be stress caused by pain, but also by emotions and being overworked. In addition, it incentivizes characters to not ALWAYS be adventuring and ignoring classes. The more time you spend away from classes and avoiding schoolwork, the lower your grades get (not the Grade mechanic, but your fictional grades), and the more Stress you accumulate. This basically makes you more fragile, as it's as if you start off with less hit-points when you start with Stress.

In addition, I like the Conditions in the Masks RPG system, so I might steal those. When you hit certain levels of Stress, you'd be forced to take a Condition - something like Angry, or Insecure, or whatever. These Conditions can be solved with an action in the fiction (such as curing Angry by lashing out and destroying something important), or can be solved mechanically. Not sure how the latter would work... perhaps simply going to 0 Stress cures your Conditions.

Of course, this would make the system a -little- more complicated, but I think it'd be worth it overall. I noticed in my playtests that the system was light enough it could handle a little more weight, and in addition, it -really- needed a mechanical means of representing consequences. This should serve nicely.

As a result of adding Stress, some other mechanics - such as ways to remove Stress, and an aspect on the Report Card that governs how much Stress you can take - would be needed. If anyone has any ideas for those, I'd love to hear them!

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>>51649104
Unfortunately, I have to be heading out, but I promise to be back later tonight with some more progress hopefully - and to continue the dump.

Have a good day, all.

>>51649119
You too, Cash Money.

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Poppin in on my phone real quick

>>51632848
>>51636321
>>51636586
>>51636664
>>51637661
>>51637667

Patrician taste,all of you.

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B I G C O C K
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Should there be a class for things like curses and more traditionally "dark" folktale magic?

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Popping in on my phone again!

>>51649910
Yep! I definitely want to add a curses and hexes class. I was a bit silly to not include it the first time around, honestly!

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>>51649798
Does anyone knock if 'Badcock' is a typo or mistranslation? Because: lol

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>>51651388
It's a common English surname, perhaps a reference even.

>>51626887
>after the anime ends

Holy shit, it's a series now? Fucking sweet

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>>51652259
Many of my friends' days have been made by my telling them of this news, yes. :)

>>51651388
Probably meant babcock but fucked it up

>>51652259
You're pretty behind. Five episodes are already out

I'd love to play this game, but I don't think I can swing it by my normal group. Any interest in a r20 or similar group start up?

>>51653448
why don't you think that your normal group would be interested?

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>>51652259
5 episodes in already m8

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>>51637165
Maybe post the better version

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Bad news and good news, everybody.

Bad news first - the file I had for the Academagia rulebook is messed up, somehow, so I will have to start from near-scratch. That's not a big deal, though, as I was gonna be sprucing up so much of it anyway! It just means there might be a slight delay for 0.02.

Good news... we have a Discord right now! https://discord.gg/JEgJWRH

I'm gonna be GMing for my group later tonight, but until then I'll be on there and working on 0.02!

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>>51654416
So right now my current to-do list consists of the following:

- Overhaul the rulebook completely for 0.02!
- Re-do the Colleges and Classes; combining some classes, including some missing ones, making names clearer
- Implement a 'Stress system', similar to a health system, to mechanically represent consequences
- Rework the Easy A mechanic, perhaps remove it entirely
- Expand the lore, I guess?
- Include a better GMing advice section

If anyone has any advice or suggestions on these, feel free to chime in!

I'll also continue the dump, now that I'm done setting up the Discord.

>>51654995
if you want, you could just have us do lore stuff, with you vetoing as necessary.
worldbuilding is /tg/'s specialty; it's passion.

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>>51654995
Thinking about the classes, I definitely want to cover all the options in Harry Potter and Little Witch Academia. I'm skipping truly boring ones to represent mechanically - they will instead be used as fluff for the Stress system.

The important Classes are definitely:

1.) Potions
2.) Charms
3.) Transfiguration
4.) Care of Magical Creatures
5.) (Defence Against) Dark Arts
6.) Alchemy

And then interesting classes that might not be mechanically represented as Classes, or folded into other Classes:

1.) Herbology
2.) Divination
3.) Flying

Any other suggestions?

>>51655532
personally, I liked the old way where there were specific, clear cut classes like space-time fuckery class, entropy class, and seeing dead people class.

if you're dead set on that way though, I do think a few of those more extremely specific classes could be worked in as elective classes that you take as sort of filler for the required main classes. Kind of like Creative Writing or Pottery.

>>51655569
I do agree, but as other anons have noted, at the very least there are gaps in the classes I have available. (Such as my lack of curses/hexes and (DA)DA stuff)

I'll be considering a version where classes are more condensed, as the other anon suggested, but it's not going to be the version in 0.02. It might be an alternative for people to try out, though!

The more specific classes could definitely be Extracurriculars. Right now, I'm thinking they're either that, or they're what I'm calling "Tedium" - the other classes between the ones you really like, which you nonetheless have to spend time attending and studying for. That's gonna be a part of the Stress system... the more you neglect your responsibilities and classwork, the more Stress you accumulate!

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>>51655750
Woops, forgot my image!

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>>51655847

>>51655750
maybe yu could combine the two concepts?
Some people take extracurricular classes because it's a passion of their, while some take it as filler. If you take it as filler you don't really give that much of a shit and don't really need to work as hard since it's not a required class, so youget massively decreased stress from it (while also gaining almost no benefit), or you could have your character put heart into it and have it become one of their (or perhaps the) main class for them, but it increases it's workload by a lot.

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>>51655896
Not a bad idea... I was wondering how to mechanically handle 'delinquents', and I think having a mechanic to represent putting your all in a class versus just coasting in it is not a bad idea. I definitely was thinking 'deliquent' characters should take less stress from ditching, but wasn't sure how to represent that.

Thanks for the idea!

>>51655389
Not a bad idea! Feel free to go ahead. Flesh in whatever you like! The main things to flesh in would be locations on the campus (like the Forbidden Forest, Room of Requirement, Chamber of Secrets) and places to visit elsewhere in Tyrr (Hogsmeade, Shrieking Shack, etc.)

Fun details about the Professors and Classes would also be nice. Stuff like their personalities, difficulty, etc.

More "Tedium" classes, like History of Muggle Studies, would also be fun. Also some example extracurriculars, like sports, hobbies, and clubs.

Details about races, even the addition of mroe races, would also be nice.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg! Come up with whatever you like!

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>>51656036
I say "not a bad idea" a lot.

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>>51656036
>Fun details about the Professors and Classes would also be nice. Stuff like their personalities, difficulty, etc.
I will say that if Prof. Euclid stays in the game that I see him as being this old ass pervert kind of guy.
Depite his age he still acts like a reckless 20 year old, chasing women, doing dumb stunts, and insisting that his mastery of spacetime lets him be "as big as you want him to be".

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>>51656098
That is fantastic. Clever way to fit with his style of magic!

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>>51656036
>prof. Shaytan is an undead, decaying woman who's so covered in rotting animal matter that nobody's really sure what race she is/was or what she looks like
>despite all that, she's probably the most social and charismatic out of all the professors, and claims that she used to be one of the world's most famous people back when she was alive
>although no one can say who she's claiming to be

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>>51656305
Love it! Ample quest hooks here, as well! Like trying to discover who she really was, her race, etc.

Sorry I'm not doing much more than dumping, I'm GMing for my group right now!

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>>51656036
Oh, and some fun names for spells would always be fun. Gaddlebrock's Tickling Hand, for example.

Feel free to include backstory on Gaddlebrock (or whatever your spell is named after or invented by)

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>>51656665
So close...

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>>51657206
Unfortunately, gotta put a pause on the dump due to this thing called sleep. I'll be back tomorrow, bright and early, to continue the dump and the work on Academagia!

See you all then! I look forward to what worldbuilding, suggestions, ideas, and feedback you all might have for me. And once again, thanks for the support, kind words, and helpful criticism and suggestions!

>>51619187
You know it's poisoned

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>>51640915
remilia scarlet

>>51656265
Wtf kinda dress is that

>>51656078
Jesus Christ, I forgot I drew that. Also amazed that it's being reposted.

>>51655847
Where's this from? Google just brings me to an art dump page that looks like it belongs to you.

>>51649897
>it ain't gonna worship itself

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bump

bamp

>>51659021
If you want bumps, post cute witches.

What other races should there be, besides people, rock people, fish people, and air people?

>>51661043
maybe more mortal, diet versions of the Free?

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>>51661699
Thatd be nice.

Should there be a school of magic for fairy tale style folklore magic?
Stuff like Baba Yaga making her hut walk on chicken's feet or how the Fairy Queen Ana could give birth to a child by boling fish in milk then dripping the liquid into her womb. That sort of strange, abstract magic that does nothing in particular.

>>51662698
Great question!

I think, for the most part, these kinds of weird folklore magic would use the more directly applicable school. The first would probably be a form of golem creation, I think. So that'd be covered under Transfiguration & Imbuement. The chicken feet of the hut would be considered as a part of the hut, rather than a fusion-type deal.

For crazier fairy-tale magic, like the second one, I'd say it would count as magic that is completely wild, without structure. I'm thinking rules to cast 'wild magic' in 0.02 would be nice, and this would be a perfect example of it - magic which truly has no valid College it fits under.

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>>51662938
Woops, forgot my image!

>>51658353
Yep, you did. I'll start looking for the source myself. I forgot to save the sources unfortunately.

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>>51663047
Still looking, but I'm also finding some more art while I look!

Also, what do people think of the Potions & Herbology, and Transfiguration & Imbuement classes? I wasn't sure how fun the 'you can use spells from other classes' thing would be, since it reads very mechanically. What do you all think of that? Appealing?

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>>51663367
Also, wizardly companions are totally a thing in Harry Potter. I should probably include a little aside on how to handle a pet or familiar or whatever.

>>51663367
I like the idea, personally.
Potions and other artifacts seem like they would be a very nebulous art in terms of effects, so I guess letting it take from every other school helps capture some of that.

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>>51664017
Yeah, that was the intent. I'll definitely try to preserve that when moving to the 'spell list' system. I do think the repetition of "one spell grade-1 you're enrolled in, two spells grade-2 you're enrolled in, or one spell of grade-2 of class not enrolled in" is a part of what made it look tiresome to me, so I might considering just writing that as a keyword somehow.

In addition, if I do a spell list system, I could simply make it something like

>Concoct Tincture - Grade F
Create a potion with the effect of a Spell from another Class you're enrolled in, with Grade one less than your Grade in Potions & Herbology.

>Concoct Mixture - Grade D
Create a potion with the effect of two Spells from one or more Classes you're enrolled in, each with Grade two less than your Grade in Potions & Herbology. Both spells do not have to come from the same class.

>Concoct Extract - Grade C
Create a potion with the effect of one Spell from a Class you are NOT enrolled in, with Grade two less than your Grade in Potions & Herbology.

>Concoct Yliaster - Grade A+
Create a potion with a major effect that cannot be replicated easily, or perhaps at all, by a spell from another Class.

Thinking in retrospect, I think that Concoct Yliaster could cover >>51662698 's second idea, since it's about the creation of a liquid concoction with an unusual effect. That'd be one weird session of Academagia, though.

The more I think about it, the more I'm sold on including a very basic set of spell lists. Unlike D&D and whatnot, they wouldn't be the end-all be-all of spells you can cast in this system, they're just examples and guidelines of what to expect for each Grade. But they definitely add a lot of flavor, as other anons have noted, and fit the settings nicely.

Still, I strongly encourage players and GMs to collaborate and make up spells of their own as well.

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>>51663717
When it comes to wizardly companions, I'm thinking they'd be almost purely narrative unless you start investing in the Beast Taming class. As a narrative note, they can help sometimes, but they'll also be a hindrance other times. But when you enroll in Beast Taming, then you start getting more bonuses.

>>51657827
A fantastical one

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>>51664539
Just thinking about how often Hedwig or Crookshanks came up in Harry Potter, it's clear they're less actively useful and more just a narrative addition. Even when they're sometimes useful, they also can be problematic - Crookshanks being a good example.

Perhaps young wizards and witches could have a 'personal quirk' they start with, like Harry Potter's pets, or Lotte's lantern...

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>>51664709
One thing I've been working hard on is a re-work of the dice mechanic. The summation of pass and fail degrees felt necessary 3 years ago when I had a lot less experience with RPG design, but nowadays I'm more of the belief that resolution-by-degrees isn't necessary. Instead, I prefer to leave that to the GM's leeway and discretion, with the application of 'soft moves' and 'hard moves', as discussed in PBTA systems. (While this isn't a PBTA system, I do really like 'soft moves' and 'hard moves', and I apply them, alongside 'principles', to most of my projects in the GMing advice section.)

(Continued...)

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>>51664923


In other words, the dice mechanic is going to be vastly simplified. This will give me room for complexity in other ways, I hope, since it removes a lot of computation from play!

The current mechanic will likely look like this:

1.) Determine the Curve of your Test. This means finding the difference between your Grade in the subject and the Grade of the action you're attempting. (If you have a higher Grade than the Grade of what you're attempting, then you don't roll... that's an Easy Action.)

2.) Roll two six-sided dice. The Curve of the Test is the number you're aiming to beat on both dice.

a.) If you beat the Curve of the Test on both dice - that is, if you rolled a number greater than the Curve on both - then you PASS with FLYING COLORS. This means you not only succeed, but you gain a small advantage in doing so.

b.) If you beat the Curve of the Test on ONE dice, but NOT the other, you simply PASS, having just SCRAPED BY. This means you're given a choice... would you prefer to succeed, but be faced with a cost or consequence? Or fail, but gain an advantage in doing so?

> This is new! Rather than an annoying table to consult and having to add and subtract numbers on the dice, it's folded into the checking process! Hooray!

c.) If you failed to beat the Curve of the Test on BOTH dice, you FAILED it. This means you failed to complete the action. You possibly even had some additional negative effects as a result of your failure, too!

3.) If you failed your test, you learn from your mistakes, and gain Learning Points equal to
the Curve of the Test!

> I'm tempted to add a result for box-cars (ACING the test, perhaps?) and snake-eyes (BOMBING the test, clearly)

> In addition, the failure table could still appear in the GMing advice guide, but just not be a de-facto rule of the game. It'd be folded into my suggestions on 'soft moves' and 'hard moves'.

Simple, elegant, while maintaining the intrigue of the original system. Thoughts? Critique?

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>>51664962
Now, Easy Actions are a little problematic. Obviously the current mechanic can't support rolling for an action of a Grade lower than or equal to your current Grade in a subject... so that's why I implemented Easy Actions, which use some mechanics I borrowed from other narrativist systems to create a more collaborative story.

If the uncertainty isn't held within the randomness of the dice, then it's placed in the hands of the Administrator. With Easy Actions, you automatically succeed at what you are doing, but it's completely up to the Administrator what results. As said in 0.01, it can't BACKFIRE on you - it's still a success! - but it might not give you the information or advantage you were hoping for. It still could, though! It's just entirely up to the Administrator.

With dice, it's more random, which can spice up the gameplay more. In addition, you have to roll to learn, and you have to aspire high in order to get lots of LP, which encourages people to keep trying to roll.

However, with the new system, there IS a way to have you roll for Easy Actions - it'd just require making 1s an "always fail" result. For example, when you roll for an Easy Action, if you get no 1s (~70% chance), that's equivalent to passing with flying colors. If you get a single 1 (~28%), that's the same as passing. And if you get two 1s (~2% chance), you fail.

Of course, you'd only roll for Easy Actions that are both dramatic and uncertain, as always. It just spices it up a little, and brings it in line with other actions in the system.

For times when the results of the action aren't dramatic or uncertain, then you just pass, with the Administrator commenting as before.

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>>51665083
In addition, I'm not so sure about LP=Curve. It makes sense, but it could be wonky. Unfortunately I didn't get to playtest extended campaigns yet, so I'm not sure how it messes with character advancement. I did like that it naturally produced a learning curve, however, where it's harder to advance the better you get... and it constantly pushes you to be practicing your worse skills, or to be pushing your limits.

The existence of this rule does mean that Administrators have to be vigilant about making sure the failure matches the attempt, in severity.

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So, while I'm working on the new classes and their spell lists, does anyone have any suggestions for new classes besides Curses/Hexes?

I'm also wondering what college Curses/Hexes falls under... most likely it'd be a subset of Tenebrology, as it's a nice parallel to the protective charms and boons of Hierology, and it's a classic warlock thing to do. I always felt Tenebrology needed more than just antimagic, anyway.

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>>51666179
Oh, and how do people like the names? I know a few people >>51612889 find them goofy and dumb, but that's honestly meant to be part of the charm. If they're too dumb or unclear (like choromatics), then yeah, I should fix that.

Any suggestions on choromatics, actually? Spatiamatics was what I was considering. It's not actually correct, but it's clear.

I've also been thinking of ways to spruce up Neuromatics, as it was really lacking in intrigue and details. Ideas there would be nice.

>>51666179
off the top of my head
>plague magic
>blessings/boons
>lovecraft style magic
>fleshcrafting
>transformation magic

>>51666212
>I've also been thinking of ways to spruce up Neuromatics, as it was really lacking in intrigue and details
maybe you could give it a sort of surrealist, abstract thought kind of deal?
practitioners being able to bring dali style beings and objects t life and in general molding the landscape according to their or someone else's psyche.

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>>51666332
I like landscape idea.
Transformation is already in the system
On phone, sorry for brevity of reply

Posting witches for based OP to keep the thread alive.

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>>51667917
Dunno why the image didn't post.

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>>51667934
Awesome! Thank you so much!

This isnt that good an image but it's what's on my phone, heh

>>51668519
>that pic
it really reminds me of a bunch of those old sega dreamcast games like ChuChu Rocket or Super Magnetic Neo.
that kind of very cartoony, hypercolorful style that really revs up the little kid in me.

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>>51611097
That picture makes me want to pinch her tongue and pull it back, then let it loose and watch it roll back into her mouth like a fucking Looney Tunes cartoon. Then I want to kiss her on the forehead while she's still poofy and pouty.

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>>51668547
Right? It's great. Totally has the dreamcast aesthetic.

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WITCHES FOR THE WITCH GOD

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When it comes to witches, I don't actually have a lot of pictures.

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>>51669190
...but I do have some pictures of Lotte.

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>>51669190
I have thousands of witch images if you want me to go through my pixiv bookmarks.

>>51643122
akko is best waifu desu

>>51653484
because it might be seen as magical realm: loli edition

>>51670123
So why wouldn't your group be interested?

>>51666212
I personally love the names you used. They give the classes a very academic feel. Most ideas i can think of for other classes either fall well into an existing one or they're just different ways of casting magic, same results but different steps.

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>>51670732
Cool, glad to hear they serve their purpose well. I was just worried some names weren't obvious what they were. (Hierology, tenebrology, choromatics, etc.)

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>>51670123
You can play as college age students. That's actually what I first designed it in mind for; not the presence of Major and Minor as a mechanic.

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Heading out for the night! Thanks again for all the feedback and support, friends. Hope to see more posts when I return in the morn!

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Magic Bump

>>51673716
a bit more plain bump

>>51676548
Is that a dark Shiny Rod?

>>51676661
That would be pretty sweet. Looking forward to learning more about the shiny rod. Shiny Chariot probably inherited it just like Akko did.

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mfw my group actally agrees to play this.

Hell yea time to worldbuild some more.

>>51678346
Yeah! Post in the thread what you come up with!

>>51678346
Awesome! Let me know how it goes. When's the first session planned?
I'm busy today, but I can try to make some time soon to work on more worldbuilding!

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>>51678527
pic related is school I´m using. We have a Swede, south african. and 2 koreans.

The koreans are polar opposite. Once wants to become ultimat necromancer one wants her not to. they are not related.

We have a pretty descent class going on too.

>>51678768
Playing almost 10 recurring npc:s is difficult. And that´s just side charecters and teachers etc.

I have a beast training session set up for next week. I hope it works out because. Because in the forest there´s currently an agrivated angry mother spider. her spiderlings are gone

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>>51679423
I forgot to add we have a gal from wales too.

>>51679423
Sounds great! I'll have some advice for how to handle the recurring npcs later for you. Thanks for the details! Please feel free to brainstorm in the thread

>>51655532
please dont make this harry potter lite and have those exact classes word for word

i think its good to have a bit of it, but its supposed to be mostly little witch academia right?

>>51680831
Correct. None of those classes will exist word for word, promise. I just need to make sure my classes can support options LIKE that, not the SAME as that.

>>51680831
And to be clear, I'm also going to exhaustively check to make sure LWA options are included. I just haven't had time to double check against the show ad movies yet.

The intent of the ssystem I'd to remain a neutral mix between the two, capable of supporting HP, LWA, and your own creations as well!

>>51681066
Sorry for typos and brevity, I'm on phone between other business

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>>51679423
>>51679460
I'm back at home on the computer, but still a little busy. Nonetheless, I can drop by with some quick advice for how to handle a stable of recurring NPCs.

In my current campaign, I've developed a -lot- of recurring NPCs. They don't appear every session or anything, but they definitely appear often. I've got at least 9 NPCs that appear almost every session, and a few that appear every few sessions. It can be tough!

The key to handling lots of NPCs is to condense them. This doesn't mean to make them simple; it's figuring out their core, and then remembering that almost like a mnemonic, to develop them outwards from there.

I've started using the "AIMS" system, which is a nice way to briefly remember the basics of an NPC. AIMS stands for Agenda, Instinct, Move, and Secret.

Basically, Agenda covers what that person wants to achieve. For teachers at the Academagia, this could be things like 'Educate people', 'Study the secrets of the world', 'Experiment freely', and 'Achieve fame and success in my field'. An NPC should have multiple agendas, even conflicting and competing ones. Professors, for example, could be torn between their responsibility to their students, and their desires for more free time! (As an educator myself, this is a real struggle...)

Instincts are essentially a character's typical approach to a problem. Do they tend to act carefully from the shadows? Or recklessly, without thinking? Do your enemy spiders prefer to isolate people, or overwhelm them? The key to an instinct is that it's a strategy to achieve Agendas. Two Professors, for example, can share the same Agenda of "Educating my pupils", but with vastly different Instincts on how best to do it! This is a great way to bring NPCs into interesting relationships or conflicts. Identify ones with similar Instincts but differing Agendas, or vice versa, and use that to create odd pairings or rivals!

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>>51682889
Even with just Agendas and Instincts, you already have a lot to work with for an NPC. As long as you can remember their motivations and typical approach to problems and their goals, the rest can often be improvised as needed! The key is to really not think of NPCs as 'role-fillers'. They have to feel alive... but they also need to be simple to maintain your sanity! That's why I like this system.

However, Moves and Secrets are really helpful as well, if you want more depth. Moves are things that this character is often going to be doing, such as "Let slip a secret" (Hagrid!) or "Appear unexepectedly as a victim to be saved" (A Neville-type character, perhaps). This is where I REALLY appreciate the AIMS system. I often think of things I really want my characters to be doing to make them unique, but forget to actually have them do it! It's simple to just look at the list of Moves and remember, "Ah right, this is what I wanted them to show off".

In addition, the Moves can serve as soft and hard moves for you to use as penalties for failure. Stuff like an enemy who has the Move "Reveal a trap I had waiting for you", that's perfect as a soft move, maybe even a hard move!

Lastly, S is for Secrets. This isn't super necessary for many NPCs, but for recurring ones it's awesome, as it gives you great plothooks and a little direction for roleplaying. You can have them tip-toe around the secret, keep that in mind when they're acting, and so on. The best use for Secrets is as quest hooks. Stuff like Professor Shaytan >>51656305 and her Secrets makes for really fun plot hooks. In addition, it can serve as leverage for player characters, or as intrigue to spice up a relationship. Heck, the Secret could be known to all the players, but must be kept secret from everyone else! The key is that Secrets are hidden variables that change an NPC's behavior, and that serve as developments in that NPC's plotline.

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>>51682990
I hope that's a lot of help!

As a nice bonus, I really recommend using AIMS for other stuff too! A while back for my group, I was planning a really intense dungeon, and I knew I'd been having trouble remembering cool features and traps I wanted to emphasize in previous areas they'd explored. So this time, I tried using the AIMS system on each area of the dungeon!

For example, one room was a big machining factory, with mechanical arms swinging around, sparks flying, etc. For a place or abstract thing, the Agenda is more of the -narrative- purpose of the room, and the Instincts are the representations / manifestations of that purpose. This room was intended to be a battleground, so its Agenda was to "Be an interesting battlefield", and its Instinct was to "Complicate and hinder the heroes' efforts". Its Moves were to "Have enemies appear from unexpected areas" (lots of walkways and it's a two-story room), "An arm swings in the way!", and "Sparks fly right in your path!" In addition, one Move was to "Foretell the machinations of the enemy", since it WAS their factory...

This helped me keep the scene in line with its goals (Agenda), and give it a mood and atmosphere (Instinct). In addition, the Moves helped me remember cool moments and beats I wanted to emphasize in that scene.

This use of AIMS is inspired by a few systems I enjoy. I first saw it in Legend of the Elements, where there's a similar Instinct/Move system for Predators, Silver Tongues, Landscapes, and "Great Spirits" (really badass, near-force of nature things).

Hopefully this all helps! This is really only the surface. If you have any questions or still feel overwhelmed with a large cast, I can try to elaborate more!

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>>51680914
>>51681066
the second people start making campaigns out of this im going to jump into it

keep up the good work dude

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>>51684176
Thanks so much!

Well, if you're looking for a campaign, I'll definitely need people to be playtesting with soon!

so what will the curse magic be like?

>>51686226
On my phone, so sorry in advance for any typos.

I actually have a system in mind for curse magic, based on some thinking I did about it a long time ago for something else. The essential bits of curse magic in folklore are sympathetic bonds (having a piece of the victim to affect), and that curses almost always have an 'outlet' such as true loves kiss. In addition, the caster typically pays a price or suffers proportional to the agony of the curse.

All of those will factor into the curse magic! I'll have a rough draft to show off soon.

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>>51684447
Not the same person, but I might be interested. What medium would you run it in?

>>51646824
Well poeple with sharpened teeth don't live in Philiphines but Indonesia, so her ancestry might be from all around the region.

I was just here to steal witch pictures, but now I'm interested in the pdf development too. New edition when?

>>51638667
>which parent was human
The human
>>51638667
>and what was the other?
philippino

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>>51670123
>Wow, you're playing a girl who's to young to fuck! I bet you're just playing her because you want to fuck her, just like you want to fuck your dashingly handsome, scantily clad musclebound barbarian in D&D!
when did this cancer first appear and where can I donate to chemo research

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>>51649628

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>>51690152
>just like you want to fuck your dashingly handsome, scantily clad musclebound barbarian in D&D!

>>51689908
Oh /pol/!

>>51656665
Some spells from the Discworld MUD:
>Friddlefrod's hydratic extrusion: dries the target object or creature.
>Memories of a Vicious Chicken: Launch a held chicken feather to pierce the target.
>Mugwuddle's Muddling Mirage: Causes the target to hallucinate and wander randomly, mumbling gibberish.
>Wonker's Wicked Wobble: Turns any weapon wielded by the target to turn to harmless rubber.
>Reckless Encouragement of Arcane Peacock: Causes the target to feel an irrational desire to cast a particular spell, distracting them from other matters until they do so.
>Kipperwald's Perlustration Prevention: Blocks all attempts to scry the vicinity in which the spell is cast.
>Amazing Silicate Blorpler: Turns a target rock, stone, or pebble into a "blorple", a focus for teleportation. When the spell "Jogloran's Portal of Cheaper Travel" is successfully cast on a blorple, the blorple disappears and a thaumic door appears, leading to the place where the blorple was enchanted (or a random other place, if you botch the portal spell).
>Al'Hrahaz's Scintillating Blorpler: The same thing, but with jewellery. Jewellery blorples can be used multiple times before disappearing, and can be recharged, with more valuable jewellery holding more possible charges.

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>>51690429
Oh, and one more that I need to mention.
>Brassica Oleracea Ambulata: Summon an adorable animated cabbage to follow the target.

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Color me interested. I cast bump.

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>>51689626
Unfortunately it's not gonna be SUPER soon. I have to redo the pdf from scratch as I lost the original file when my computer died.

However, I'll be posting changes and updates ('patches') as I go, so you can free to use those in your campaigns, as I'll be using them in my playtesting.

0.02 itself will be arriving hopefully later this week, even if perhaps in slightly incomplete form. I've been bus with some very important personal matters, and will be until Wednesday morning. After that, Academia shoots to #1 priority, given all the interest. :)

Until then, do follow the discord (https://discord.gg/JEgJWRH) and this or future threads for updates! I'll be as transparent as possible with my process, since I understand you all are waiting eagerly!

>>51690152
Actually I'd want to fuck the dashingly handsome, scantily clad musclebound barbarian WITH the girl who's too young to fuck.

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>>51694032

>>51690152
You've fallen into my trap, fool! Barbarian/Wizard is my fetish.
>>51694032
Not loliwizard, though.

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>>51694032

>>51694300
Source?

>>51694570
Literally just google "afghan girl doujin" and if the sauce won't be within first three results I'll eat my hat. The fleece one, I'm not chewing polyester.

>>51694620
Oh is it a hentai? Damn. I was hoping for cute feels.

>>51694631
For what's it's worth the ending is pretty cute

>>51694631
You'll get those in the last page or two.

>>51694631
Actually, it's both.

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>>51694631
>>51694652

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>>51694741
So yeah senpai there's your cute feels.
Go read the rest if you're curious for what led up to them.

>>51694758
>6 years later
>she's wearing the same scarf
nice touch
>inb4: Anon sets out to find more cute lewd from the same author

>>51694805
"Fragile and tough" is very cutelewd.
The rest of his stuff... Not so much.

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>>51694854
>The rest of his stuff... Not so much.
Well...

>>51694805
Cutelewd is my favorite lewd

>>51694758
>>51694952
I don't like prolapse myself but if you consider it "cute" then to each one's own

>>51634480
I second this

>>51694620
They made a doujin out of this, for real

>>51694620
>>51696719
>Hat eating
Ya'll into some weird fetishes nowadays

>>51696821
Better stay back or I'm gonna eat something of yours too.

From the Discord, first draft of a teacher idea:
Professor Nikolai Zolnerowich - Divination
A man born with an old magic talent called the Sight of Arcana, an ability linked to the Arcana he was born in, to see things related to it. Unfortunately, he was born under the Tower Arcana so his powers are mostly able to see into misfortunes only. This made him very important since young age, being able to predict and help reduce the damage of plenty of terrible things, but more than once his prophecies became self-fulfilling (Usually when people kept asking about their personal future) and he ended up becoming a bit of an outcast, people distrusting his abilities.
All this made him a depressive man, one who cannot differentiate by this point his own pessimistic thoughts from his own divinations, so all the school takes his constant ramblings with a grain of salt. While he is very knowledgeable in most of the classical divination methods, he is an avid user of self-inspection meditation as his divination method, earning him even more distrust with the more conservative Mages.
As a teacher he is famous for being unpredictable. He has low care about the safety of his students, since they should know the risks of magic, but when it's time to grade the students he rewards those who take precautions and fail on their trials more than anyone else, and punishes those who risks themselves and succeed against all odds.

Opinions? Horrible grammer errors?

>>51699694
Seems solid, though there isnt a divination class

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Chariot a cute.

test

>>51669262
What does pixiv use for "witch" tags?

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>>51694620
>prolapsed womb
NOPE!

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>>51704612
I just have a witch tag that I use in my bookmarks that has hundreds of images in it. I can post a few more good ones. I don't use pixiv tags I just go by recommendations.

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>>51704928

>>51704664
Same. Was going great until that

>>51696370
I meant cute for the ending. That portion of the sex scene is just hentai being hentai so I shrug at it.

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BUNNY AKKO A CUTE!!

Will there be any kind if monster manual for this game, or will making enemies be mostly up to the DM?

>>51708701
I'll probably include a few monsters as examples, yeah. They won't have stats or anything though, besides perhaps recommended amounts of Stress to inflict.

>>51709837
They'd consist of stuff like AIMS I was talking about earlier - a set of narrative key pieces and moves to trigger. I'll find a good example from a PBTA game later

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>>51709837
PLEASE include some sort of spider atleast.

What else are you planning to put in there? any stuff like nagas or what?

>>51712195
Not sure yet! There will DEFINITELY be a giant spider though. I'll try to include both classics and things that serve as useful examples

>>51694284
loli is okay if you self-insert as the loli

>>51709837
>>51712615
You could list the threats a monster imposes and its strengths and weaknesses. If Frankenstein's fleshgolem is afraid of fire, mention that. If a salamander ISN'T afraid of fire, mention that. etc.

so what should the others teachers we haven't talked about be like?

>>51708628

2furry4me

(where the fuck was Diana's reaction when Akko seemed more attractive to FancyPants than herself?)

>>51714971
Diana doesn't even know they met

>>51714971
>>51715014
Diana didn't seem to really care anyway. They have certain differences of opinion and she might even suspect they're an enemy of magic.

>>51715579
I bet Diana would be secretly jealous if she found out

>>51715774
Maybe a hint of tsun

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>>51713519
Definitely. It'd be something like:

Habitat
Instinct
Strengths
Weaknesses
Signature moves

Bump.
Should somebody make a new thread? I'm on phone so its a bit of a pain.

>>51719443
Really don't want to just see it die.

>>51720681

New Thread

>>51721060

>>51721064
Thanks senpai!