No.765
Not a game, but the magic system in the web story "Mother of Learning" is really in depth and fun to learn about through the protagonists adventures.
https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2961893/1/Mother-of-Learning No.766
>>764Back when the internet still had a forum-based roleplaying scene, my RP character was a magic gunslinger who fired spells from her guns (she had multiple types of guns for different kinds of spells, i.e. a rifle for precision attacks, and dual pistols for area of effect explosions). The concept has stuck with me ever since.
No.767
Morrowind magic was fun to play, every schools had some dope spells, and cheating the system with intelligence potion allowed for amazing enchantments to be created, for invisibility rings to powerful destruction spells or movement enhancements.
Arcanum magic allowed me to finish the game with 0 creature hurt, but I don't like much those systems where you have to already know if a school is worth it or not before investing in it, with the risk to fuck up a build mid game
Nethack and Crawl magic is also fun but I never went to far with that, I suck big time at rogue-like.
Your thread gave me the idea to look for an Interactive Fiction centered, on magic or alchemy, could be nice if well executed.
No.768
Magicka is the most fun arcady magic I've played. Weave basic spells together with button combos into more advanced ones, discover which work, and some can even backfire.
>>767Morrowinds magic is dope, a bunch of spells I can't remember having seen anywhere else. Like conjured armor, or having mark+recall / tele to a closest-variant-of-temple instead of just plain old blink/tele to anywhere you want. Just anchors the system into the game world that extra bit.
Arcanum I have a bit of mixed relationship with too. It's one of my favourite games, but as you say some spells aren't really made to fit. Like the final dark necromantics spell, Quench Life, being essentially just the basic Harm but you pay 10x mana for adding a flashy effect.
But you just gotta love a game that lets you transmute the final boss into a sheep (even though it was still a very powerful sheep). Also the only game I know with something like Conjure Spirit. Only wish it could have been more fleshed out, cause just adding that possibility makes so many more emergent mechanics possible, and it could have such a huge affect on a game world if a dev just made the effort.
Getting chased down by a mob of towns-people because you were found in possession of a locket bound human spirit (which is taboo for obvious reasons) by the local inquisitor when your luggage was went through by customs. If you already checked maybe you already seen it, but Suveh Nux is an IF where you are a magicians apprentice that gets stuck inside a room and have to get out by way of kinda a magical puzzle. Very short, but fun.
No.769
>>768>If you already checked maybe you already seen it, but Suveh Nux is an IF where you are a magicians apprentice that gets stuck inside a room and have to get out by way of kinda a magical puzzle. Very short, but fun.That's exactly what I was looking for, I knew something like this was around but wasn't interested at the time I started to discover the IF scene. Thanks you
I'm contemplating doing a new Arcanum run, with a very atypical build (I don't which yet) to see how can it changes the way I play. I heard every characters you kill would have its own dialogue for when you use their spirits as a necromancer. Things like this really make it unique to me
No.770
>>764Does anyone on here play Aura Kingdom?
I have my main class as a Wizard and my sub-class as a Sorcerer.
No.771
>>769>heard every characters you kill would have its own dialogue as spiritsSadly not, there are 12 (I think) that have unique spirit dialogue. Still very much worth it for those though, adds another layer to those interactions/quests.
No.772
>>770Class system in Aura Kingdom is great.
I was a ronin when I used to play.
No.773
>>768i finished Suveh Nux yesterday and it was a great experience and a nice way to get into IF again. Last time I played some it was Savoir Faire, where there is an overwhelming amount of places and things to remember. I downloaded a bunch of others, some have really neat ideas :
https://kerkerkruip.org/about/ No.774
Not necessarily a magic system by itself but I really love the ff3/5 class system. It was so fun in how flexible it was and how you could mix and match classes to absurd levels. I wish square enix would reuse the system someday.
No.786
I have been having a lot of fun with Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker. There is a passive spell called money bags. I taught it to all eight of the demons in my party and now I have like, 30,000 macca. It's bullshit
No.793
I thought that Dragon Age had a really boring magic system, as much as I wanted to like that game. Planescape Torment had some interesting spells, there were even a few lore-focused ones like conjure spirit from Arcanum.
I always had a soft spot for the magic system in Runescape, too. Although I kind of spoiled the excitement of it for myself by looking stuff up on the wiki.
In terms of more original systems, as other sushis have mentioned Magicka had a neat system too, although I could never really get the hang of it. I wonder if they were inspired by the Invoker character from DotA.
No.801
>>793I think Planescape Torment had the best magic I've ever played, and that's because I include all the random magical creatures, artifacts in the game as part of its "magic system". I really love the shop that sells bullshit magical artifacts, because there're several quests which solely consist of fetching random magical bullshit from that shop and using it to solve whatever bullshit magical problem has occured. And that shit with the wizard what curses that one dude to always smell bad no matter what and what also curses you to have hiccups forever? Very cool magics.
No.1528
A game I haven't seen mentioned yet is Arx Fatalis. You collect runes throughout the game world that represent different words / abilities and then have to draw them with your cursor to cast the spell. Drawing the runes Aam and Yok (which stand for Create and Fire) let you light up torches or campfires you see throughout the game. You can replace Aam with Nhi (Negate) to douse any lit flames and darken areas to sneak by. My favorite spell in that game is Mass Incinerate. You cast it and all living things (including allies) in a small area start to turn red and then eventually explode. If you cast it on a group of animals they will drop pre-cooked versions of whatever raw food items they normally do (watching a chicken or pig turn into perfectly cooked drumsticks and ribs might be cruel but it's still funny to see).
>>767>>768Morrowind magic system is phenomenal, the spells effects are creative as is the system for making your own spells. Want to make someone weak to an element and then blast them with it? Leap into the air and then fall down gently to cover a lot of ground? AoE health or magicka drain? So many fun combinations it never gets old. (It was nice to see that Oblivion added it with one of the DLC packs, even if it wasn't as game breaking.)
The way you could get around permanent negative effects by creating strong but short timed spells was fun too. There were boots that made you extremely fast but blinded you so you couldn't see a thing. If you cast 100% resistance to magic that lasted 2 seconds and then equipped the boots, you gained the speed buff but negated the blindness even after the resistance wore off.
No.1529
>>1528>You collect runes throughout the game world that represent different words / abilities and then have to draw them with your cursor to cast the spellOh hey I had a Nintendo DS game with almost this exact system. You would mix and match runes representing elements or words to create different spell effects. Anyone know what it was called?
No.1530
>>1529Might have been LostMagic?
No.1531
>>1530That's the one! Thanks. I loved this game as a kid.
No.1542
I'm still in the middle of playing early game Oblivion and just started opening up the Frostcrag Spire which should eventually lead to custom spells, looking forward to it. Been taking a break from Oblivion right now, though.
Fable TLC was really fun, when you're getting to endgame its fun to spawn all the passive spells/ ones that stay on you until they're used.
>Summon lower mob>Summon ghost swords to protect you>Turn on shield>Enchant your bow so it has a glowing aura (multi-shot spell)There's a pretty large variety of spells in this game
Slow time
Increase your strength with a berserk spell
You can 'teleport' behind enemies like its nothing personnel
And your healing spell when its high can heal literal crowds of people which I always do in the pubs because it makes everyone love you.
I hope they make a of this old system in the new upcoming Fable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nAO7KLqvyM No.1543
>>1531I'm super glad someone else liked this game! I was a bit upset looking it up that it had such poor reviews, but it was a really good game.
No.1545
>>1542I forgot to add my favorite in-game spell. That's tied between Force Push, Heal, and Divine Fury. All three equally fun when dealing with crowds of people or mobs.
