I doubt there is a group who set out that might use it, but if you can include Apotropaic magic in some way, that would be amazing.
Bump!
McArtor is my old hope of seeing a magesmith write-up!
Come on Powers-That-Be, let Might Mike write the book!
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Would folk be more interested in a book all about the Acadamae? Or a book that's about wizard schools in general and provides several examples, in which case a sizable chapter would be about the Acadamae?
My humble vote would be for a book on wizard schools in general across Varisia and Avistan. I would love to see a more detailed writeup on the Twilight Academy, since it is close to Sandpoint.
Just my two coppers... :)
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Would folk be more interested in a book all about the Acadamae? Or a book that's about wizard schools in general and provides several examples, in which case a sizable chapter would be about the Acadamae?
I'd prefer a general book with examples in chapters. Personally, I'd be much more interested in what passes for a wizarding school in Osirion than the Academae (although the Academae is cool in its backwaters way).
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Bump!
McArtor is my old hope of seeing a magesmith write-up!
Come on Powers-That-Be, let Might Mike write the book!
He he. I love the enthusiasm.
The Powers-That-Be are currently readying themselves for GTS, so I don't think we'll be sitting down to talk about new products before May. If something like this book does end up on the schedule and I get to write it, I'm sure I'll announce that I'm writing again. :)
Until then, I'm very interested in hearing what people would want from such a book.
And to the OP: I apologize for the threadjack.
Edit: I assumed you meant your "only" hope, although I am a grouchy old man. ;)
He he. I love the enthusiasm.
The Powers-That-Be are currently readying themselves for GTS, so I don't think we'll be sitting down to talk about new products before May. If something like this book does end up on the schedule and I get to write it, I'm sure I'll announce that I'm writing again. :)
Until then, I'm very interested in hearing what people would want from such a book.
And to the OP: I apologize for the threadjack.
Edit: I assumed you meant your "only" hope, although I am a grouchy old man. ;)
Lol. Grammer fey have been at my posts.
I need to slow down and proof-read.
Honestly, I envision the book as covering different types of instructional style.. which a couple examples of each.
By that I mean:
* Instruction through formal institutional instruction, examples being Acadamae, Twilight Academy, the Abaslom School of Penultimate Coolness.
* Instruction through the Apprentice, Journeyman, Master series.. with a couple of examples of that.
* Instruction through mysticism, or shamanism.
* Instruction by weirdness, or Fey- Mortal Man trading 'the gods only know what' for secrets of how to make silk from moonlight (and other tricks) with the Fair Folk...
The problem I see is that this book has to service all of Golarion, unless it's an Acadamae only book (which would disappoint me, but I'd still buy it). Since Golarion is a patchwork world with lots of different cultures and ethenticities, you need to cover some different styles of instructions and pick a few of the coolest representatives of each and detail them.
The haggling point will be how many pages are set aside for any one topic.. and Mike you're the only one best suited to define that.
And yes, with the amount of material already published on Korvosa, I would definitely make one of those example schools be the Acadamae, in order to compliment what is already out there.
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More than a book specifically about magic training, I'd love to see something detailing the different magical sources that various organizations tap into. We've already seen Rune Magic and what that entails, and have seen Bloatmages hinted at. Things along this line could more than fill a book and could of course include Academies though I would feel slighted if a whole book didn't cover more than just schools. As different as they might be in flavor, a magic school is a magic school.
More than a book specifically about magic training, I'd love to see something detailing the different magical sources that various organizations tap into. We've already seen Rune Magic and what that entails, and have seen Bloatmages hinted at. Things along this line could more than fill a book and could of course include Academies though I would feel slighted if a whole book didn't cover more than just schools. As different as they might be in flavor, a magic school is a magic school.
This is a good point, but this is where I see some overlap with the Gods and Magic book that is already scheduled.
A lot of folks have narrowed in on the 'Gods' angle, but it's supposed to also touch upon Magic. I could see your "sources of magical" power being handled there.
These books do have to have some sort of cohesive theme.
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As different as they might be in flavor, a magic school is a magic school.
If I write the book I'm envisioning in my head, and you still believe the quoted line above after you read my book, I'll have Jason record me apologizing to you with his video camera and post a link of that video to these boards.
I thoroughly approve of the threadjack, especially if it results in your writing a huge magical training book as Watcher describes in the post above :P
Yay! ^_^
mike: you did ask so yeah. The easiest way to describe what i would want to see is by telling you to take a Look at the revised edition tradition books for The hollowones, the cult of ecstacy and the euthanitos. These, in my humble opinion, are the best three player guides to any magicial group in any game ever. by the time you get to the end of each book, you know the groups history, how and why their magic works, you have new crunch(often interesting) example characters and a bloody good story which is the equiviant of having under gone a crash cause in the paradigm of those wizards.
if you can include those elements, in an interesting narrotive form, i would be so very happy.
I add my enthusiasm for a mage school book. Such a thing would give a well rounded feel to building characters and would showcase the different types of training thay underwent. Besides, imagine the different uniforms, symbols, and habits your wizard could incorporate. "I don't trust Randomcaster, but my oaths to our alma mater mean I must give him a chance." "Check out the Crimsom Bat symbol on his cloakpin. He must be trained in the 'Winged Death' school- expect energy admixture spells." "Sir, you have darkened the reputation of Varisian mages for the last time. Taste the wrath a a 'true' student of 'FamousTeacher'."
Hell, why stop there. Add a series of adventures covering the details of the advanced training of a group of grad student casters. An all caster module run would sell to me too.
I too will add in my vote for the large book. And add my name of those pre-ordering.
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As different as they might be in flavor, a magic school is a magic school.If I write the book I'm envisioning in my head, and you still believe the quoted line above after you read my book, I'll have Jason record me apologizing to you with his video camera and post a link of that video to these boards.
Write the book and I'll do the same. It's ON now!
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Would folk be more interested in a book all about the Acadamae? Or a book that's about wizard schools in general and provides several examples, in which case a sizable chapter would be about the Acadamae?
I'd prefer the latter too. Primarily to give good-aligned wizards a leg up and to see what sort of shenanigans their school would encourage as opposed to the lethal scraps with campus police at the Acadamae.
That and I'd really like a chance to have a grumpy archmage dean angrily yelling "FAMILIAR HOUUUUUSSEEEE!!!" in some flavor text.
I hear part of the funding comes from selling leftover organs from failed students.
That and I'd really like a chance to have a grumpy archmage dean angrily yelling "FAMILIAR HOUUUUUSSEEEE!!!" in some flavor text.
That is priceless!
Paizo, get that book done right now! :)
Give the Acadamae its own book. While I'm dying to find out more about Bloatmages and other Golarion-specific magic types, I'd rather see a more in-depth treatment of the Korvosa Acadamae. Even though it means having to wait, similar in-depth treatments of Golarion schools, specialists, etc. would be worth the wait, IMO.
I'd rather have a single in-depth book at this point rather than a book about a dozen topics all an inch-deep in flavor/cruch. Depth over breadth, please.
Somewhat off-topic, perhaps, but if these kinds of books are going to be done, PLEASE make the mechanics support the fluff. While the wizard class applies to all schools, I'd like for the differences between an Acadamae-trained wizard and a wizard from another school to amount to more than cosmetic differences.
While I'm not suggesting going the Prestige Class route (although there may be a fit for certain types of PrClasses), I'm asking for something more along the lines of the regional feats in the Player's Guides, or variant wizard school powers, etc.
Thanks!
