{"product_id":"gurps-magical-styles-traditional-styles","title":"GURPS Magical Styles: Traditional Styles","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBelief Made Real\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagic in games is typically less subtle than real-world beliefs. That's fine in fantasy settings with dragons, elves, and fireball-chucking wizards. It's workable in horror stories, too, because those only \u003ci\u003elook like\u003c\/i\u003e they're set in reality . . . it's just a matter of time before evil cults, cursed tombs, and little girls with spinning heads show up to scare you. But it takes a special kind of magic to coexist peacefully with a world that could be the one outside your window – possibly for centuries or millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGURPS Magical Styles: Traditional Styles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a look at magical practices inspired by historical ones. It uses the approach in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e to craft five takes on magic that could be going on next door without anyone being the wiser:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBodily Magic\u003c\/i\u003e reinterprets the boldest claims of traditional martial arts in terms of mana instead of \u003ci\u003echi.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDream Magic\u003c\/i\u003e leaves much to the imagination – literally – by focusing on illusions that could pass for showmanship, and of course the sleeping world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSpoken Word Magic\u003c\/i\u003e elaborates on the historical belief that \u003ci\u003ewords are power\u003c\/i\u003e . . . which they are, even without magic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTheurgy\u003c\/i\u003e is an academic art that takes a lifetime to master to the point where its effects truly matter, assuming the scholar doesn't get lost in their studies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Mystic Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e presents magic that makes \u003ci\u003estaying out of sight\u003c\/i\u003e its top priority – all the better to kill you with.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach style comes with specialized spell lists and new spells. More important to GMs who want subtle magic in historical or modern-day campaigns, each refers liberally to real-world beliefs. And each comes with advice on how to use it . . . including thoughts on interactions with the \"standard magic\" of fantasy and horror wizards, for those who want a bit of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften, reality is stranger than fiction!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Jackson Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67844978835671,"sku":"zax1792666907224","price":4.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2987\/0295\/files\/gurps-magical-styles-traditional-styles_1.jpg?v=1792666913","url":"https:\/\/flowposecladm.shop\/products\/gurps-magical-styles-traditional-styles","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}