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Solo Roleplaying for The Fantasy Trip, Part II

(If you have not read Part I of this series, please do). I have really been wrestling with how to do solo roleplaying with The Fantasy Trip. I have been looking at a number of different rulesets, such as Mythic GME and CRGE, but have finally settled on a much simpler set of rules that combine what I like from a number of different ones.

Magic & Sorcery

Fire Magic

Fire magic is a very popular kind of magic in fantasy RPGs, and it is a personal favorite of mine. When I first started playing The Fantasy Trip, I wanted the fire spells like Fireball to go into combat. As I have grown "older" I have come to appreciate many more subtleties to the art of fire magic.

Magic & Sorcery

Converting Spells from GURPS to TFT

One of the fun things about getting into The Fantasy Trip again is fleshing out the spell list from the wealth of resources available today. Admittedly the spell list in Advanced Wizard was more of a starting point for wizards, not a complete end-all listing. Spells need to be "borrowed" from sources... And here is some help converting spells from GURPS to TFT.

Gaming

Dueling in The Fantasy Trip

One of the things that I loved about The Fantasy Trip was dueling. The game was just geared towards it from the start--the whole idea of the arena was just obvious. But I always wanted to take it further. Not just the fight in the arena, but outside in the "real world." Is dueling common? Is it mundane or magical? What kind of rules are there to control duels?

Magic & Sorcery

More Interplay Spells

Even though the Metagaming house organ Interplay only lasted for 8 issues, there was some pretty neat stuff in there. That includes spells provided by the writers and by readers. Here are some more of them...

Gaming

Possessions and Exorcisms

Possession is a classic feature of fantasy and horror fiction and gaming. In The Fantasy Trip, possessions occurs when a wizard casts the Possession spell. "Exorcism" takes place when the Dissolve Enchantment spell is cast on the victim. That's fine--but there could be so much more to possession and exorcism than that...