Ars Magica 3rd Edition

Ars Magica Third Edition at a Glance

• Experience the third edition of this award-winning RPG about powerful magi in Mythic Europe with its unique magic system.
• This extensive core volume provides everything you need to play, although the extensive supplement line offers additional storyguide and player support.
• For more information on the current version of Ars Magica, fifth edition, visit this page.

What is Ars Magica Third Edition?

Ars Magica is a classic roleplaying game about magic users in 13^th century Europe. In this epic fantasy game, players will investigate mysteries, encounter creatures of the unknown, and protect the weak. They will learn strange new magic and perform powerful spells. Adventure awaits!

Each Ars Magica saga starts with the covenant: the home of the magi, their companions, and their grog servants. Ars Magica’s unique troupe-style system allows you to play them all in turn. It’s a play experience that keeps everyone interested.

Creativity and Danger: Gameplay Basics

With Ars Magica, you get a different play experience than your standard fantasy RPG. Multiple characters keep gameplay interesting, and the mechanics help keep players from feeling overwhelmed with too many characters to juggle.

The award-winning magic rules provide a flexible system that allow players to create their desired effects on the spot from a list of categories. This keeps the action moving rather than requiring players to spend ages looking up their desired spells in the manual.

Released in 1992, this edition of Ars Magica from White Wolf was designed to be consistent with the World of Darkness. Background material on Mythic Europe was adjusted to fit into the setting; True Reason and Passions were added, and rules adjustments were made.

The third edition of Ars Magica is currently out of print, but it is available in PDF.

For more information on the current edition of Ars Magica — fifth edition — click here.

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