Ars Magica RPG: Definitive 5th Edition (Pre-Order)
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Twenty years after the original release of 5th Edition comes Ars Magica Definitive Edition! While the underlying manuscript is the 5th Edition text, extensive revisions reflect decades of play. It incorporates a host of new material published since the original rulebook's release, in full color with upgraded graphic design and art.
Ars Magica Definitive Edition is over twice the size of Ars Magica 5E and is printed as a gilded leatherette rulebook. The set also includes the Storyguide Screen, Reference Guide, and poster map of Mythic Europe.
Gameplay Basics
Ars Magica is a troupe-style, storytelling game. This means that players will not only play a magus, but also the companions and grogs who serve them. Each of these characters contributes to the covenant they belong to, and to the story itself.
The game is famous for its magic rules, which set a new standard for RPG magic systems. The system is divided into arts, each of which comes with a set of verbs and nouns (called Techniques and Forms). Players simply put them together into phrases like "Control Fire" to represent what they want to do.
This core rulebook contains all of the rules you need to play, and there’s an enormous library of Ars Magica supplements in our catalog to help develop your campaign. As a rule, older sourcebooks are usable with the newest edition.
