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Xathan

April 23, 2007, 04:41:08 PM Last Edit: April 27, 2007, 01:29:39 PM by The_Stu
Hey everyone! Xathan here - long time, no talk.

As many of you have noticed...I've not been around much lately. A big part of that is the fact that, frankly, I'm stuck. I haven't been able to write anything lately, period, and it's been really frusterating. So, I decided, to possibly help me, I'd build a world without using a potential RPG or novel as the framework for the setting - instead, I'd use something else. But what, then? If not an RPG or novel, why build a fantasy world. The answer stumbled upon me in the form of a drunken floormate of mine, who suggested that I get back into MTG to play with him and some friends. Of course, he did puke immediately afterwards, but his nauseous nature belied the clarity of his advice. Once we got Ben cleaned up and sober, I got back into playing magic, and loved it.

Suddenly, I realized that this would be the perfect framework for a new setting - building it with the idea of creating an MTG set out of it. So far, it's been going fantastically, and I'll have information posted here once I get time to clean it all up (not until finals are done, though if enough people are interested, I will post some of the cards I'm making here.) So, my question to the community is - has anyone else built a setting with MTG as a framework before? How did it work out? Anyone here play MTG period? If so, will you be interested in helping me playtest cards over apprentice?

PS: I'm also, for fun, building a CBG set, including cards such as The Fiend of the Ninth Cabbage, and creatures and spells from and inspired by various peoples settings - but more on that later.
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SDragon

#1
April 23, 2007, 04:47:04 PM
Back in october, I had made a couple cards based on our ratings then. That was when we had skulls instead of the world we have now.


Do you have Magic Workshop? I have apprentice, but I've been enjoying MWS more and more-- especially since it allows me to get around my firewall :D


As for the settings... I don't know if any of us have made any M:tG settings, but I do know that ever since 8, each new block was based in a new setting (Mirrodin, Kamigawa, and I think a couple others), so it's a very viable possiblity.
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DMG 3.5
MM 3.5
MM2
MM5
Ebberon Campaign Setting
Legends of the Samurai
Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun
Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans
D20 Modern

GURPS:

GURPS Lite 3e

Other Systems:

Marvel Universe RPG
MURPG Guide to the X-Men
MURPG Guide to the Hulk and the Avengers
Battle-Scarred Veterans Go Hiking
Champions Worldwide

MISC:

Dungeon Master for Dummies
Dragon Magazine, issues #340, #341, and #343[/spoiler][spoiler=The Ninth Cabbage]  \@/
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brainface

#2
April 23, 2007, 04:59:33 PM
QuoteDo you have Magic Workshop? I have apprentice, but I've been enjoying MWS more and more-- especially since it allows me to get around my firewall
merg? You can set Apprentice to use any port--even 80, which almost certainly won't be blocked. Unless you have a firewall that's blocking specific applications.
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SDragon

#3
April 23, 2007, 05:08:26 PM
Quote from: brainface
QuoteDo you have Magic Workshop? I have apprentice, but I've been enjoying MWS more and more-- especially since it allows me to get around my firewall

Hrm? Would you mind helping me with that, then?

Although, I'll probably still end up using MWS, just because it has a whole bunch of other nifty features....
[spoiler=My Projects]
Xiluh
Fiendspawn
Opening The Dark SRD
Diceless Universal Game System (DUGS)
[/spoiler][spoiler=Merits I Have Earned]
divine power
last poster in the dragons den for over 24 hours award
Commandant-General of the Honor Guard in Service of Nonsensical Awards.
operating system
stealer of limetom's sanity
top of the tavern award


[/spoiler][spoiler=Books I Own]
D&D/d20:
PHB 3.5
DMG 3.5
MM 3.5
MM2
MM5
Ebberon Campaign Setting
Legends of the Samurai
Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun
Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans
D20 Modern

GURPS:

GURPS Lite 3e

Other Systems:

Marvel Universe RPG
MURPG Guide to the X-Men
MURPG Guide to the Hulk and the Avengers
Battle-Scarred Veterans Go Hiking
Champions Worldwide

MISC:

Dungeon Master for Dummies
Dragon Magazine, issues #340, #341, and #343[/spoiler][spoiler=The Ninth Cabbage]  \@/
[/spoiler][spoiler=AKA]
SDragon1984
SDragon1984- the S is for Penguin
Ona'Envalya
Corn
Eggplant
Walrus
SpaceCowboy
Elfy
LizardKing
LK
Halfling Fritos
Rorschach Fritos
[/spoiler]

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Higgs Boson

#4
April 23, 2007, 10:27:12 PM
What? from where can i find this MWS? It sounds nifty...
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Hibou

#5
April 23, 2007, 11:17:06 PM
Good show.

Is the CBG set you're making a "serious" one, or is it going to be an "Unglued: CBG Edition" sort of thing?
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SDragon

#6
April 23, 2007, 11:21:39 PM
Quote from: Voran IllezouWhat? from where can i find this MWS? It sounds nifty...

To prevent this thread from getting too far off-topic, it probably might be a good idea to redirect all apprentice/MWS discussions to  here.

 :ontopic:
I can't wait to see some of the CBG cards... A handful of serious cards, a ton of humorous cards...

It'll be great fun :D
[spoiler=My Projects]
Xiluh
Fiendspawn
Opening The Dark SRD
Diceless Universal Game System (DUGS)
[/spoiler][spoiler=Merits I Have Earned]
divine power
last poster in the dragons den for over 24 hours award
Commandant-General of the Honor Guard in Service of Nonsensical Awards.
operating system
stealer of limetom's sanity
top of the tavern award


[/spoiler][spoiler=Books I Own]
D&D/d20:
PHB 3.5
DMG 3.5
MM 3.5
MM2
MM5
Ebberon Campaign Setting
Legends of the Samurai
Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun
Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans
D20 Modern

GURPS:

GURPS Lite 3e

Other Systems:

Marvel Universe RPG
MURPG Guide to the X-Men
MURPG Guide to the Hulk and the Avengers
Battle-Scarred Veterans Go Hiking
Champions Worldwide

MISC:

Dungeon Master for Dummies
Dragon Magazine, issues #340, #341, and #343[/spoiler][spoiler=The Ninth Cabbage]  \@/
[/spoiler][spoiler=AKA]
SDragon1984
SDragon1984- the S is for Penguin
Ona'Envalya
Corn
Eggplant
Walrus
SpaceCowboy
Elfy
LizardKing
LK
Halfling Fritos
Rorschach Fritos
[/spoiler]

Before you accept advice from this post, remember that the poster has 0 ranks in knowledge (the hell I'm talking about)

Raelifin

#7
April 24, 2007, 12:27:18 AM
I scrapped that very same idea a while back in favor of making my own CCG. It's waaaay harder to do, but I have a lot of expereince, so I'm happy with my slow progress.

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The_Stu

#8
April 24, 2007, 01:36:48 AM
Magic? Oh, i am ALL OVER that. Heh. Heh. If you need any help at all, just let me know, ill be more than happy. I spend hours pouring over cards and R&D articles and whatnot, so I'm a bit of a guru (okay, so i'm not amazing at the whole leveling state based effects and whatnot just yet, but i'm working on it.)

Ghost

#9
April 24, 2007, 02:28:30 AM
There's a thread about making a conversion of the Ravnica setting into D&D, over on the Wizards boards. In the back pages of  the Caimpaign Workshop subforum, I think.

Anyways, I also play M:tG, but rarely over the computer (I don't have the time, currently, to set up MWS or Apprentice).
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Xathan

#10
April 24, 2007, 02:54:07 AM
@ Troll: The CBG Set will be serious as far as mechanics go, though the actual cards will have some absurd flavor (there is a huge number of cabbage type creatures, for example, but they are actually functional in a normal deck, while other cards will be based off of people's settings, which will treat the setting as seriously as the setting is meant to be taken.)

@Rae: I know you're in favor of scrapping everything and starting from scratch, but I've found the Magic system is flexible enough to create new cards without needing a new mechanical basis for things. Still, a new game has its merits - care to share what you've created?

The_Stu: Actually, if you're interested, I have a couple cycles of cards I'd like you to look over for me, since I'm not sure how they balance in todays envrionment (one is a permation of counterspell, which is no longer in Standard, and the other is a permantion of Wrath of God, which has a black counterpart now.)

@Realm Weaver: Would you still be willing to help me with balance issues, even if you don't play online? I've been out for awhile, and it seems alot has changed.

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Modern System Reference Doument Copyright 2002, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Charles Ryan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bruce R. Cordell, John Tynes, Andy Collins, and JD Walker.

Unearthed Arcana Copyright 2004, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Andy Collins, Jesse Decker, David Noonan, Rich Redman.

Mutants and Masterminds Second Edition Copyright 2005, Green Ronin Publishing; Steve Kenson
Fate (Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment) Copyright 2003 by Evil Hat Productions, LLC. Authors Robert Donoghue and Fred Hicks.
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Polycarp

#11
April 24, 2007, 04:43:40 AM
I've played a great deal of Magic in my time, but I stopped at the end of the Urza story arc (I think my last purchase was Planeshift).  On mechanics and card balance for teh old set, I know what I'm doing, but I don't know anything about the newer sets and rules.

Themes from Magic have played into my campaigns before, but I wouldn't say Magic was ever the framework for one of my settings.  The whole Urza-Mishra conflict and the dynamics of artifice against nature was really appealing to my creative sensibilities, and that particular Magic storyline was unfolding around the same time I started getting into D&D.  I imagine anyone familiar with Ice Age, Fallen Empires, Antiquities, Urza's Saga, or Invasion could probably see their influences on my campaigns.

I eventually stopped because there was nobody who played at college, but more importantly because I realized that CCGs were basically a money sink that I really couldn't afford.
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Poseptune

#12
April 24, 2007, 12:24:41 PM
I've played Magic in the past. Basically most of my Junior and Senior year of high school was filled with Magic. (Who needs classes. :) ). I stopped when Mercadia Mask came out. I didn't like the "free cards". (IE. This card can be played without paying the casting cost if you control a swamp, had three cards in your graveyard, or your oppenent picked his nose.) I play every now and again with the cards I do have, when my brother wants to play. I haven't made a deck in years. (sigh, I remember those days.)
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#13
April 24, 2007, 11:51:09 PM
i still play magic, so if you need to know if a card is balanced or not just send me a PM and ill look over them, and i have MWS if you need to test the cards too.
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The_Stu

#14
April 26, 2007, 11:23:36 AM
Xathan: I'd be more than happy to look over any thing that you have questions on. Send 'em by me anytime and i'll give 'em a look over and tell you what i think.
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