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{{Game Infobox |name = M.A.G.U.S. avagy a Kalandorok Krónikái |type = [[RPG]] |picture = |publisher = [[Valhalla Páholy]], [[Inomi]], [[Tuan]], [[Delta Vision]] |system = Yea... stolen. And ruined. |authors = Csanád Novák, András Gáspár, Zsolt Nyulászi, Zsolt Kornya |year = 1993 }} ''Not to be confused with a [[Magos]].'' ''Not to be confused with a [[Magus]].'' '''M.A.G.U.S.''' is a Hungarian [[RPG]] system and<s>/or</s> world setting, that simply screams for homebrew rules, and repairs, because it is unplayable without them. It was originally stolen from the AD&D 1, and hardcore fans are still comparing with it - even though, the D&D is at it's 5th edition already, while [[What|M.A.G.U.S.]] is uncountable. The DM here is Adventure Master, or KM for short (being the abbreviation of Kalandmester, the original Hungarian name of the literal translation: Adventure Master), the D6/D10/D100 are K6/K10/K100 respectively (abbrev. for ''kocka'' means die in hu.). M.A.G.U.S. itself is an abbreviation for Miracle Adeptia Guns Urrus Sorrate, translated to ''Chronicles of the adventurers''. It refers to a big book, what some monks write, who somehow are able to see every moment of all the adventurers, and they are able to even write them down. No kidding, that really is part of the lore. ==Publications== ===Editions=== *Kézikönyv Kalandozóknak és útmutató Kalandmestereknek - 1993 ''Handbook for Adventurers, and guide for Adventure Masters'' in English. Hardcover, green, and absolutely underdone. For example, there is a class named Martial Artist in it, who can use his bare hands and feet, as mentioned in it's text, with the Way of the Martial Art. The problem was, that the book did not contain any Martial Art parts, so if someone wanna go Bruce Lee, he need to use the Tavern Brawl skill for 1d6 damage per hit, or without it 1 damage per hit. *Summarium - 1996 Unfinished try to renew the rules. Also Zsolt Kornya wrote this with his Cthulhu fetish. No rules were mentioned in it, only after-endgame monsters and monster spells, and some fluff about Krán, the local [[Lord of the Rings|Mordor]]. *Első Törvénykönyv - 1997 ''First Lawbook'' in English. Because it is so hardcore, it contains not only rules, but laws. This is the so called Da Big Green. Softcover, same system as the very first book, but ~2.5* the content. Still quite full of loopholes. *Új Tekercsek - 1999 ''New Scrolls'' in English. Another unfinished try to renew the system. Brought in the 5-level skills, what was a fairly new thing, compared to the original 2-level skill system, but it became so difficult in the end, that no sane player created a character based by this book. Most skill had a prerequisition of other skills, and attributes. *Alapkönyv - 2004 ''Basic Book'' in English. They realized, that it is embarrassing to have a system what copies ad&d1 in the middle of the 2000's, so they stole the D&D 3rd edition, and ruined so bad, the publisher went bankrupt. No player were reported to use this rulebook. *Új Törvénykönyv - 2007 ''UTK'' for short. ''New Lawbook'' in English. The most playable edition, since it's basically a direct rip-off version of the [[Runequest]] game. Although still buggy, and screams for homebrew rules, and repairs. Seriously, I personally counted the fucked up parts, but stopped it after filled 3 pages in MS Word. Uses the 5-level skill system, but much more simple, and usable. Could have been a real RPG system, but the arguing of the creators made the TradeMark unfollowable, so the whole game is stuck around here. Mentioned TradeMark and lawsuit disputes made this book absolutely unobtainable. No kidding, when the lawsuit dropped the publisher shredded their still existing warehouse stock and you can only get this book in .pdf format or through second-hand sellers. But due to some strange license loophole, the publisher is still able to sell the expansion and lorebooks. It's also the most [[/d/|sweaty]] version from the entire library. For it has a class, what's supposed to be a succubi-witch, who uses sex and seduction to cast spells, while the book itself tells you, that it can only be played by girl players. Then the highest value thing in the shop is not an ultra-rare magic item, but a whore, who was purposefully bred and raised only for your [[Furry|sexual desires]]. ===Expansion Books=== *Bestiárium - 1994 ''Beastiary'' in English. Nothing special, the mandatory Monster Manual for the first edition(s). *Második Törvénykönyv - 1995 ''Second Lawbook'' in English. In contrast with it's name, it is not a new edition, but only an addon to the First Lawbook, just a little bit about a lot of things. Interestingly enough, this came earlier than the ''First Lawbook''. *Harcosok, Barbárok, Gladiátorok kézikönyve - 1995 ''Handbook of Warriors, Barbarians, Gladiators'' in English. Splatbook for the said classes. *Titkos Fóliáns - 1999 ''Secret Tome'' in English. Nothing new, they just scrapped ''Second Lawbook'' and the ''Handbook of Warriors, Barbarians, Gladiators'' together. *Papok, Paplovagok Kézikönyve - I. kötet – A pyarroni és a dzsad vallás - 1999 ''Handbook of Priests and Paladins - Chapter 1. - The pyarronite and djad religion'' in English. The splatbook for the basic religion, and the local arabian religion. Some new spells for priests. *Papok, Paplovagok Kézikönyve - II. kötet – Egyistenhitek és a kyr vallás - 1999 ''Handbook of Priests and Paladins - Chapter 2. - Monotheisms and the kyrian religion'' in English. Splatbook for said religions. *Örökség - 2003 ''Legacy'' in English. Free pdf from András Gáspár. Contains only a few spells, magic items, weapons, some monsters, and plants in 10 pages. *Új bestiárium - 2008 ''New Beastiary'' in English. Mandatory Monster Manual for the New Lawbook. Due to some strange loopholes this book is not affected by the TradeMark dispute, what made the New Lawbook unobtainable and the publisher still sells it. ===Accessories=== *Készlet játékosoknak - 1994 ''Accessory for players'' in English. Basic set, containing only the most needed rules for creating characters, and running the game. *Játékosok készlete - 1996 ''Players' accessory'' in English. The same as above. ===Cosmographies=== These books all are wannabe splatbooks, but they don't contain any actual rules, only fluff. *Geofrámia kivonatok: Enoszuke - 2002 ''Geoframia extracts: Enoszuke'' in English. Book of [[weeaboo|local Japan]]. *Geoframia - 2004 One could think that this book is a size at least of a codex, with many new rules, many fluff from every part of the setting. Actually it is a small sized, thin booklet, what contains some shards, and stuff, and tries to [[Advancing the Storyline|move the world forward]] but hardcore fans hated it, and the writer's hating each other stopped any forward movement to this direction. The reader could assume, that the world goes a bit more of a steampunk setting, but it won't. Ever. *Népek és Birodalmak: Toron ''Peoples and Empires: Toron'' in English. Fluffbook for said empire. It's a shame, that it does not contain new rules, because there were a lot of possibilities. For example the barely-mentioned-before blood magic of Toron. Oh well. *Népek és Birodalmak: Az Északi Szövetség ''Peoples and Empires: The Northern Alliance'' in English. Same shit. Everything is fluff, nothing new rules. ===Adventure Modules=== *''A démon átka'' - 1994 ''Curse of the demon''. It contains two modules, ''A démon átka'' itself, and ''A törpék kincsestára'' (''The vault of the dwarves'') *''A kísértetjárta ház'' - 1994 ''The haunted house''. It contains two additional modules, ''A kísértetjárta ház'', and the ''Gyilkosság Caedonban'' (''Murder in Caedon'') *''Láplidérc'' - 1994 ''Marsh-wraith''. Two modules again - it seems the publisher desperately needed for money, but they weren't that cheeky to publish all of these short stories one by one - the ''Láplidérc'', and ''Az úrnő bajnokai, avagy megcsalatva'' (Champions of the lady, or being cuckolded (no, really!)) *''Ynevi kóborlások'' - 1998 ''Ynevian roamings''. Eleven modules this time. ''Árnyak Shadon felett'' (''Shadows over Shadon''), ''Testvérviszály'' (''Siblingfeud''), ''Árnyékháború'' (''Shadow war''), ''Vihar a hágón'' (''Storm in the pass''), ''Jó széllel toroni partra'' (''With good winds to Toronian coast''), ''Veszélyes vizeken'' (''On dangerous waters''), ''Véridő'' (''Bloodtime''), ''Sodrásban'' (''In drifting''), ''Rossz csillagzat alatt'' (''Under bad constellation''), ''Kürtszó a ködben'' (''Hoot in the fog''), ''Látogató a sötétségből'' (''Visitor from the darkness''). *''Ynevi kalandozások'' - 2000 ''Ynevian adventures''. Five modules for the last time. ''Álmodó kövek'' (''Dreaming stones''), ''Az elrabolt királykisasszony'' (''The kidnapped princess'' Yes, it's really titled like this in 2000.), ''Szent Marcus bajnokai'' (''Champions of St. Marcus''), ''A hetedik'' (''The seventh''), ''Vérszín hold alatt'' (''Under the bloodmoon''). ===Novels and such=== If anyone want to know the mediocre writers' fuckton amount of mediocre quality novels, just look it up in the google. There is not enough space here to just mention every of them. Anyway, all of them are written to be hard fluff, so these are one of the main reasons, that players always argued to the first blood about how much demons can dance in the tip of a needle - instead of playing. ===Rúna Magazin=== Ah, the mandatory magazine. Only 29 issues were published, but was the other main reason of people went into [[That Guy|elitists]]. [[Category:Roleplaying]]
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