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Next adventure off to the Priory Cemetary https://youtu.be/h-ZL17jS2kA
Some kids have an adventure in 1973 on the Isle of Wight People still talk of it today https://youtu.be/MCSsUEJIcLE
More on the Clown / Scarecrow known as Sam of All Colors https://youtu.be/MBdfBTXWtFo
If you are running X2 Castle Amber or any fun house module you may want to watch this one on the Haunted House Appuldurcombe on the Isle of Wight. https://youtu.be/vRU_hF7f-3U
And do we classifier her as a Witch or a Necromancer? The Woman who lived with 92 Ghost https://youtu.be/aEdgp_aPg0Y
A Lesson In Obnoxious Gaming - The World's Greatest Paladin - The Legend of Athene. The player you don't want or maybe you do :)
https://youtu.be/2t3-tpYEI0Y - watching this may make you terrified of corners.
They see Athene is in the game and they play 10x better.
Remember you don't have to send him gold in the mail. These are free tips.
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So on another OSR Resource I was asked about alternative magic systems for OSR Games
Long ago Conrad and Red of Spacegamer and Better Games wrote Conrad's Fantasy because some TSR Lawyers were questioning which games system the adventures they were selling where for.
So Conrad rushed up stairs to his hotel room and wrote HUGO which was later changed and expanded to become Conrad's Fantasy. He didn't have time to write a balanced and carefully crafted spell list. So he just made rules and laws for casting spells.
This lead me to some years later running a top secret game for TSR Staff. During this game a pc lassoed the moon with a magic lasso. Pulled it down to earth with Titan Strength. The rest of the party climbed aboard. I want to say this happened in 1993 it may have been 94.
Six Basic Laws of the Universe - Fantasy Game Setting
Law I - Force flows through fixed channels in only one direction.
Law II - Everything has a fixed identity whether it is fire, earth, water, or air. Earth cannot be like water and still be earth.
Law III Everything has spirit which matches its identity.
Law IV -All Planes of existence are separate and distinct.
Law V The mind is controlled by the spirit.
Law VI Something are not understood except what is, is and what has happened, has happened.
Magic is the force by which the laws can be broken. The magic user combines mystical forces to break the laws.
Break a law and face the law enforcers. Most common of which is the Zaires - Powerful Wizards who tirelessly work to see the laws are held together. Least reality collapse. They fear to many who lack training and understanding to wield magic. This will result in destruction of the universe.
Easiest way to do this in an OSR Game is to steal from Lavender Hacks Resolution System
Nat 20+ Critical Success
18+ Strong Success
8+ Weak Success
7 or less Miss
Nat 1 Critical Miss / Fumble
So only give Magic Users Spell Points at Level 1
1 point to break one Law - some magic attempts may require breaking multiple laws (up to Game Master / Ref to determine).
Additional Magic Points +1 for every point spent. up to max of +4
Say the Magic User at Level 1 gets 3pts + Int Bonus. Then +2 per level gained
As for time - Every 2pts spent equals a round of combat
Interuption of spell casting - Forcess a Save vs Magic to the Spell Caster or suffer 1d4 per spell point spent (this can be used for critical failures as well).
Recovery of Points - 1pt a day + Int Bonus
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh -we have a princess turned into a dragon
- another illegal use of Polymorph Spell the Laily Worm and Machrel of the Sea - Evil Stepmother turned him into a worm
The tale of Jorinde and Joringel - poor Jorinde turned into a nightingale and put in a cage by an evil olde witch.
Then there is the Nordic Legend of Skuld's Mother who went from being a hag to a beautiful DarkElven Princess to seduce our hero Helgi.
It is said in battle that Skuld could bring her dead warriors back to life.
Poor Sir Gwain forced to marry the Loathly Lady. She had tricked King Arthur to giver her what she most wanted in return she would answer his riddle that none else could answer.
Back to polymorph - mostly misused as Polymorph Self 1000's of tales of witches changing shape to commit thefts. The most common is for the the Witch to turn into a hare. In this shape they would go into the barn and suck the life out of the farm animals.
For some that was not enough. They would hop right up to a child and jump into the child's arms. To be carried into the house. Then they would suck the life out of all who lived there.
I hope this gives you some idea of how to use Witches in your game and make it up to Folktale Standards.
Have fun and stay away from hares.
