Comments on: Getting Beyond Spellcasting http://mu.ranter.net I miss my frames. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:46:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Brian http://mu.ranter.net/design-theory/magic/getting-beyond-spellcasting/comment-page-1#comment-607 Brian Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:55:55 +0000 http://mu.ranter.net/design-theory/magic/getting-beyond-spellcasting#comment-607 I would say that ritual magic was sort of implemented in Final Fantasy X-2 in the form of the dance. One of your characters can learn a dance which would effectively take them out of combat during the dance(ritual). These dances would then either give buffs to the party or debuffs to the enemies. It wasn't always a one turn dance(spell). It would sometimes last longer. Brian I would say that ritual magic was sort of implemented in Final Fantasy X-2 in the form of the dance. One of your characters can learn a dance which would effectively take them out of combat during the dance(ritual). These dances would then either give buffs to the party or debuffs to the enemies. It wasn’t always a one turn dance(spell). It would sometimes last longer.

Brian

]]> By: Brett http://mu.ranter.net/design-theory/magic/getting-beyond-spellcasting/comment-page-1#comment-486 Brett Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:26:53 +0000 http://mu.ranter.net/design-theory/magic/getting-beyond-spellcasting#comment-486 <blockquote> From a real-time game perspective, it doesn’t seem very exciting to sit around and watch your avatar chant for a long time. However, the possibility of ritual magic can add a new dimension to mass combat against NPC’s with ritual magicians. </blockquote> Ritual magic might be an interesting way to both include magical diversity (a wide variety of potential magical skills) as well as encouraging team play in your RPG. Maybe you need to cast Speed of Hermes in order to even have a chance of killing that dragon, but it can only be cast by a Circle of Thirteen, with a wide variety of magical attributes.

From a real-time game perspective, it doesn’t seem very exciting to sit around and watch your avatar chant for a long time. However, the possibility of ritual magic can add a new dimension to mass combat against NPC’s with ritual magicians.

Ritual magic might be an interesting way to both include magical diversity (a wide variety of potential magical skills) as well as encouraging team play in your RPG. Maybe you need to cast Speed of Hermes in order to even have a chance of killing that dragon, but it can only be cast by a Circle of Thirteen, with a wide variety of magical attributes.

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