Eldritch Magic System for D&D

[@ForestFWhite]

I love the advantages for material components vs. cost.

[@TheGrandfathersCave]

My players also seem happy with it 😉

[@anarionelendili8961]

There is the sound aberration again. I hear you in my left ear, not in the right.

[@anarionelendili8961]

A couple of quick comments (IMHO and all that): 1. Fizzle: It should never cause the spell to go off as normal. Even on a high roll, there should be something wrong with it, wrong target or changed effect or something. 2. Eldrich Taint: You did mention that falling unconscious for 1d6 hours is the best result. However, if you are in combat, that can be a death sentence. I would recommend rather 1d6 nights of nightmares or something like that. Something that is not an immediate combat-influencing effect. I mean, if I am fighting for my life, give me white hair over falling unconscious and getting eaten any day!

[@Dorian_sapiens]

If you fall unconscious in combat, you become a burden to your allies (so you better have allies!), and maybe that's the intent. But a week of nightmares is an interesting effect, too. I can't disagree with your last point, though: white hair > death! 😆

[@TheGrandfathersCave]

On the best result the spell goes off, but there are unexpected complications. Regarding the unconsciousness, you might be right

[@raff3486]

great stuff

[@TheGrandfathersCave]

Great to hear!

[@Dorian_sapiens]

I'm curious whether you've worked out a rationale, within the fiction, for why the caster either retains or forgets the spell, and what that process is like for them. Or is that something that each GM should come up with for themselves?

[@TheGrandfathersCave]

I never read Jack Vance’s books, but there is a logic in them for the whole vancian magic. I think it can make sense, that the incantations are compartementalized within the brain and that that part of the brain at some point has to give in to mental exhaustion, and the spell is lost. But I am sure that other GMs will come up with other great takes on it. 😊