Post by Imrryran in Fluid Realities comments

Viewing post in Fluid Realities comments

Hi!
We had a game yesterday evening and it was great, thanks!

As the GM I only encountered two difficulties with the rule:

- the rule to increase paradox is not clear? do you need to take some rest just after a backlash? or could you have a bunch of backlashes on different actions and then take some rest?

- we quickly encountered some corner cases for the distinction between coincidental and vulgar magick, for instance is divination coincidental if nobody else sees anything? is talking with elemental spirits coincidental with your mage is the only one hearing them?

Bruno Prosaiko306 days ago(+3)

Hey! I'm so glad you played and enjoyed it!

Paradox is cumulative. The character is not required to rest to reduce it, it is just something that can be done. Each backlash and each entire day without performing magic recovers 1 point towards the Paradox threshold. If you want to take a risk, the character can have several consecutive backlashes before deciding to take a day off to recover.

Any magic that a sleeping observer would not notice or view as a mundane event is coincidental. Magical perceptions are good examples of coincidental magic.

If the character talks to inconspicuous spirits, a sleeper might only see it as a lunatic talking to himself. However, if the character causes a spirit to act physically, such as commanding a wind spirit to lift him or a storm spirit to suddenly change the weather, then we could consider it vulgar magic even if the spirit itself is not seen.

It is worth remembering that several "coincidences" happening successively in a short period of time begin to seem too unlikely. Ultimately, the GM is the arbiter over each event.

Thanks for the question and good gaming to you!

itch.io

Viewing post in Fluid Realities comments