Ars Magica Definitive Edition
Ars Magica Definitive Edition at a Glance
- A revised and updated version of Ars Magica 5E lead by Line Developer, David Chart
- Incorporates a host of new material published since the original rulebook's release
- Hardcover, full color printed book with new art and an heirloom production quality
About Ars Magica Definitive Edition
Twenty years after the original release of 5th Edition comes Ars Magica Definitive. While the underlying manuscript is the 5th Edition text, extensive revisions reflect decades of play and incorporate a host of new material published since the original rulebook's release. Ars Magica 5th Edition Definitive is over twice the size of Ars Magica 5E and is printed in a beautiful full color hard cover rule book which includes a new layout and art. Ars Magica 5th Edition Definitive will also have an open license (the lead contender is CC BY-SA 4.0, if you're curious).
If you'd like to learn more about Ars Magica at a whole we encourage you to visit the product line page here where you'll find an overview of the RPG, and a collection of side bar links leading to reviews, rules, and other helpful information.
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 therefore 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 fifth edition core book 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.
Vital Stats
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