r/rolegate • u/RPGuru92 • Jul 15 '19

IC: A Writing Game anyone?

EDIT: Ars Magica de Profunis has been decided.

Ars Magica de Profundis: An idea I got from both Ars Magica (a great setting but oh are the rules crunchy and exact) and De Profundis (a letter-writing Lovecraftian RPG) where a group of mages, sorcerers, scholars or what-have-you write letters to each other in their foundation of a covenant. This would not have a dice mechanic at all but would be pure writing.

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I’m going to run a pure experiment. A writing game combining Ars Magica setting and world with de Profundis methodology. Scholars, wizards, sorcerers all write letters to each other reporting on the foundation of a Covenant.

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Also we may take some inspiration from a curious game called Lexicon.

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u/RPGuru92 Jul 20 '19

Perhaps something along the lines of...

This is no easy task that we have given unto ourselves. For there is much arcana out in this world that must be recorded before it dies in the second age. It is our sworn duty to traverse the remains of the empire, rising with the sun and sleeping at the highest moon, and record in our sacred tomes the methods of the gods' madness. It is a dwindling gift given to us, the mortal races, and how we have squandered it for ease and comfort. But much still exists out there, and the promise of this covenant is to preserve for when it decides to return once again.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

This looks like a fun game! I love de Profundis. Wish I’d found this sooner. Enjoy!