Elevate Your TTRPG: Discover New Dimensions of Magic!

About this episode

The episode explores innovative ways to make magic in tabletop RPGs feel unique and immersive.

One of the easiest ways to make your campaign and your setting feel real, immersive, and unique is by taking away the certitude that magic is always going to act the same way. This mysterious, world-altering energy should not ever be completely understood by your characters, as the discovery of it is a big part of the fun. In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave sit down to respond to a listener question about their homebrewed idea of making magic work differently in different areas of their world. They ask how we might approach it in our ever-growing, crowdsourced Boomtown campaign setting. 1:35 Our listener question from The OMG Father, Wyman! 3:15 Simple ways to approach making magic change, altering Difficulty Classes and Damage output. 4:15 DM Chris harkens back to the Green Lantern Corps and leans into our use of Components as trackable resources. 6:05 How DM Dave altered magic in the world in our recent Dragonlance campaign. 8:05 Making the zones of magic random, and DM Chris’ concern of specifically targeting arcane casters. 10:25 Motivating players to adventure by seeking tech. 12:12 Employing more narratively focused elements by having the player and DM work together to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tony, Chris, Dave

Topics covered

• magic in TTRPGs
• homebrewing
• campaign setting
• resource management
• narrative elements

Keywords

• TTRPG
• magic
• homebrew
• campaign
• resource management
• narrative
• difficulty classes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Green Lantern Corps, Dragonlance, Boomtown

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