{"product_id":"gurps-magical-styles-modern-magic","title":"GURPS Magical Styles: Modern Magic","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMagic For Our Times\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eGames often take it as read that magic is for fantasy campaigns. To enter our world, it must either be intertwined with historical beliefs, thus painting the past as a subtle fantasy setting, or be a sinister force that empowers occult-horror villains. But what about less horrific magic in the present – the sort that suits villains motivated by greed and politics rather than the supernatural, and that even \u003ci\u003eheroes\u003c\/i\u003e might wield?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGURPS Magical Styles: Modern Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores possibilities loosely inspired by present-day practices, real and fictional, without automatically assuming that magic is fantastic, old-fashioned, or evil. It offers five styles built on the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/gurps\/books\/magicalstyles\/\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e framework:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Librarian’s Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the most traditional, based on accumulated magical knowledge in present-day libraries. There, magically gifted scholars and bibliophiles learn it . . . mostly to help them curate even \u003ci\u003ebetter\u003c\/i\u003e collections of writings.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMagical Demagoguery\u003c\/i\u003e is the most villainous. It assumes that power-hungry politicians and other rabble-rousers sometimes harness the magic of the mob to gain not immortality or other extraordinary power, but plain old money and influence.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePunk Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is the most unpredictable – a riff on \"Chaos Magic\" in which those who reject order and authority might gain a view of dirty, everyday reality that includes magic, a force as anarchic as its wielders.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRock and Roll Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is the most blatant, being an answer to the question, \"What if musicians whose lyrics, album art, stage shows, and public image evoke the occult aren't making it all up?\" The flash, smoke, and noise might conceal or even \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e magic!\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTrenchcoat Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is the most heroic. While some practitioners are selfish, most use their powers to solve occult mysteries and thwart supernatural villains before the whole world learns about magic the hard way.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThese styles not only have alternative spell lists, but also come with new spells, strange secret materials, and more Magic Perks. There's no shortage of advice, either – especially on how to fit these approaches into the campaign, what their likely origins are, and how they interact with each other and the schools of magic in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/warehouse23.com\/products\/gurps-thaumatology-horror-magic\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGURPS Magical Styles: Horror Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/warehouse23.com\/products\/gurps-thaumatology-traditional-styles\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGURPS Magical Styles: Traditional Styles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe world is more magical than you know!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Steve Jackson Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44105165439079,"sku":"SJG37-1761","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0002\/9622\/2731\/files\/SJG37-1761.jpg?v=1782406775","url":"https:\/\/warehouse23.com\/products\/gurps-magical-styles-modern-magic","provider":"Warehouse 23","version":"1.0","type":"link"}