thread: 2009-04-30 : Magical Magic
On 2009-05-06, Roger wrote:
So I'm currently on a big kick about rediscovering this post from four years ago so I'm trying to apply it to everything I run across.
So what's happening in Vincent's proposal? I think it's a case where magic lies outside the "game text" area. It may appear to be purely in the "ad hoc" area, but that's an illusion created by unfamiliarity. It's really coming from the "principled" area (which is what part (c) of the proposal is all about) with the catch that the underlying principles are peculiar to the GM. This means that magic is still within the "rules" area.
Is it helpful to look at it in this light? I dunno, maybe.
