Effects of Magic on the Real World
jjafuller:
Quote from: happysmellyfish on July 20, 2011, 05:52:18 AM
To kick things along a little, have you considered using Shock: Social Science Fiction?
Unfortunately I have been neglecting this thread due to work on some Game Chef stuff (bad timing on my part). I'll take a look at Shock, I think I have heard of it but I have never looked into it before.
happysmellyfish:
The rules are fairly light, but they have a nice grid system that plots social shocks alongside the people who have to deal with them. It has a focus on technology, but there's no reason you can't replace Artificial Intelligence with Magic Spell X.
jjafuller:
Quote from: happysmellyfish on July 24, 2011, 04:32:01 PM
The rules are fairly light, but they have a nice grid system that plots social shocks alongside the people who have to deal with them. It has a focus on technology, but there's no reason you can't replace Artificial Intelligence with Magic Spell X.
Yeah, it definitely sounds interesting. I purchased it from the author through the un-store, still waiting on fulfillment though.
mark2v:
I have a view that magic would be the equivalent of energy with no cost. IE magic is perpetual motion.
To top that off magic is energy at no cost that can be controlled.
Yes a wizard might have a personal physical cost, or a mental cost. But a “continual light spell” (To quote the classics) is not the same a burning a torch or lighting a light bulb.
In the modern world this concept would change everything at its base. A large portion of what we do, the damage we cause, the wars we wage, are based on gaining access to energy.
Magic would change that.
So in my view, if you build a world that has had magic for a long time; it would not resemble our world in as much as industry, transportation, technology, communication, and so forth will be magic based.
If magic were to just happen in our current world. The fight to control it or suppress it would be fierce. Those who controlled it could liberate the world or dominate it.
jjafuller:
@happysmellyfish, I got Shock I am going to start looking into it this weekend. It looks pretty good so far.
@mark2v, I'm inclined to agree with you. The war for power would very likely be the war to end all wars.
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