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  1. [Ars Magica] What are your experiences with the adventure module 'The Broken Covenant of Calebais'?

    I've owned Ars Magica for a few years, and have always wanted to run a campaign with it. It's an intimidating system to run, so I was encouraged when I found out that there was an adventure module for Ars Magica. Apparently, this adventure was originally made for 1st edition, and the version I...
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  2. *Kickstarter*Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults in Spanish (Verkami)

    Hi!In Spain, the Verkami for the Spanish translation of the Ars Magica supplement Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults is in pre-campaign (by Holocubierta). The layout, design and illustrations are new, and if the rewards are reached, there will be some new content. If there is someone interested...
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    Best Ars Magica 5e books

    So Atlas games is running a sale on Ars Magica 5e. I have the core book, and I really like the game and the setting . Which other books are a must from the line? I know I'm getting Covenants, as I always enjoy books related to players leading organizations, but apart from that, I know very...
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  4. [Ars Magica] What does someone do with all of it?

    So: good old Ars Magica.There sure is a lot of it.But I can't figure out what to actually do with it. By which I mean: what was intended to be done with it.If anyone has some good war stories about what they did with it and how it turned out, I'd like to hear them.(What I probably would...
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  5. AuctionUK - Various RPG Books including Ars Magica Bundle and Mongoose RuneQuest

    Just added the following books onto eBay UK:Ars Magica 5th Edition Core Rulebook + Apprentices & Grogs SupplementsLion & Dragon Medieval OSR Core RulebookMaid (First Printing) Core RulebookPrecis Intermedia 8 Game Bundle (includes Genre Diversion 3 & Story Engine Plus)RuneQuest Deluxe...
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    Ars Magica Info

    In one of my discussions the subject of Ars Magica came up as a RPG I might be interested in. I've always wanted to check it out.The persons response was when i asked about what they would suggest was the first books to get with my $75 dollar gift card wasThe core book, of course...
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  7. Crafting-focused RPGs?

    So someone on Twitter asked me if there were any games out there that had crafting items as a primary gameplay loop. I couldn’t really come up with one (although you could nudge Ironsworn kiiiiiiinda in that direction). So let me ask y’all: got any suggestions?
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    Any free Ars Magica (Fifth Edition) adventures?

    We've never played before, and are looking to run an adventure as a one shot. Anywhere from 2 to 12 hours of play. Since I've never run it before and this is the only time we'll be playing Ars Magica in the forseeable future, I'd much rather use a pre-made adventure than create my own.What...
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  9. [Interest and Recruitment] Ars Magica 5th - GM looking for first Play by Post

    Back in October I posted that I would like to run Ars Magica sometime as a PbP, but that I had cold feet and one of these days I would just have to force me to get over it. Looks like today's my lucky day :).I have been running games since 1985 but this will be my first Play by Post, so there...
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    Ars Magica 4th Edition new GM suggestions

    I may be running an Ars Magica game, and I have some questions for experienced players.Background: I've read the 4th edition rulebook years ago, and have been scanning it again recently, but have only a tiny bit of actual play experience (and I'm not sure what edition that was). I may be...
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    ➕Ars Magica. How do the different editions stack up in terms of single core book utility?

    I'm looking to get back into Ars Magica (not for playing in Mythic Europe) and was wondering if you could refresh my memory and/or school me a bit. Specifically, I want to pick up the most complete in one volume core book. That is, the most playable, most flexible, single volume core book for...
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    [Ars Magica] Is it viable to weld the magic system to something else?

    Aside from the entire problem of creating an amalgamation of several systems, I wonder. How hard would it be to cut out the magic system of Ars Magica, and homebrew it to use it with some other system? For example welding it to Godbound's OSR system. Why, you ask? We'd ended up with a quite...
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    Gamers Guild @ Bassendean, Perth, Western Australia - Ars Magica 5E - Club organizer - Seeking 1-3 more players

    Play Location/Method: Face to face at the Gamers Guild tabletop RPG club at the Cyril Jackson Recreation Centre in Bassendean, Perth, Western Australia.Game/System: Ars Magica 5EPlayer or GM? Posting on behalf of GM - interested players will be put in touch directly with GMTime/Frequency...
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  14. [Necro]Ars Magica Edition Question

    I recently bought a lot of various RPGs on Ebay, and there were a couple of Ars Magica 3rd edition (White Wolf) books in it. I haven't really looked at them yet, and I have since received the 5th edition Ars Magica Core book.I am not very well versed in Ars Magica, but it seems like there...
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    [Ars Magica ?] Is it worth my money?

    I've heard good things about Ars Magica, particular the magic system. Which makes sense given that magic seems to be the point of the game. However, playing in the world of the superstitious peasant of the 13th century doesn't sound like fun to me. The system is relatively simple based on the...
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    🎨 Creative[Ars Magica] The Rhine Project

    I'm currentlky running a game focused on the Rhine Tribunal of Ars Magica. They provide me with a good framework in the book on the place, lots of NPC covenants...but I need more than that. My party is based on the Dutch island of Thuro, and I need ideas to flesh out the world around them. I...
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    Fate of the Verditius: the most absurd Ars Magica background EVER

    So ignominious end for a Hermetic Founder. How a mere mundane Corsican family was able to savage, capture, interrogate and then murder a medieval archmagus, and arguably one of the most potent magi ever lived. Is that even theoretically possible?I think it is one of the most absurd, stupid...
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  18. [Ars Magica] What changes would dramatically improve the game in terms of marketability? +Thread

    So, with the official announcement by Atlas Games that 6E won't happen, if someone else were to pick up the game, what would they have to do in order to capture a wider player base and make the game turn at least a small profit?
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    [Interest] Ars Magica 5 Sandbox

    This is and is not the Europe you imagined. Dragons lurk in mountain caves, angels walk alongside pilgrims, faeries dance in gloaming forests, and demons tempt men and women from the path of virtue. This is a Europe of Myth and Legend, where the Garden of Eden is a place hidden somewhere in the...
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    Ars Magica, should I get it or not?

    I am considering getting/looking into Ars Magica, admittedly due to the rather excellent minecraft mod. The mod adds a personally crafted spell system I find extremely enjoyable, and I was wondering if Ars Magica actually functioned like that or not. As well, I am wondering if there is any...
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Materials for the Russian version - Iskusstvo Volshebstva - available here!

Ars Magica had an obscure origin, but it had long-lasting effects. We did a number of influential support products that influenced 1990s game design, and it launched the careers of five of us who were part of the Ars Magica crew. Over the years, I had bought a ton of roleplaying games, and I. Aug 06, 2021 Ars Magica is a mod about casting powerful spells, fighting bosses, and having fun with magic! It features a unique spell creation system where you can create any spell you can imagine! Interested in playing on a public server with this and many other magic-themed mods? Got you covered. Taking your first steps.

  1. Ars Magica can cause a sort of choice paralysis in new players. House Flambeau strips this away by essentially saying 'Your options are the knife, the pistol, the grenade, or the flamthrower.' Once the game rolls on there a lot about chivalry and flame mysticism, but as a new player, it's a simple choice.
  2. Ars Magica no longer eats bandwidth; Optifine, Thaumcraft and DragonAPI are now properly detected; Witchwood forests now generate witchwood trees; Dispensers no longer pick up Liquid Etherium (Blame Minecraft for this one) Cycling spell shape with an empty spell book no longer crashes.
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  • Maps of Austhwaite Manor & Banggarth Hall

Ars Magica Fifth Edition Sheets for Metacreator

The awesome Metacreator program - with its Ars Magica Fifth Edition template - is indispensible for play, but it will surprise no one I find its default character sheet output lacking in a little charm. So I've slogged through a relatively unfriendly print template interface to produce my own custom sheets, mimicking my Fourth Edition sheets below, but allowing you to use the powerful tracking capabilities of Metacreator.

Essentially, I have two versions of the character sheet and spell grimoire, using the Weiss font that Atlas uses in the official publications (and the Lombardy font that already comes with the ArM template). The better-looking one uses the official Weiss Std font from Adobe, but most folks won't have that, so I made a second version of each using a free Weiss knockoff which you can find here.

Both character sheets also use a custom macro which I tack on to the end of the Print file in the ArM5 directory (open it with Notepad or the like and just paste it at the end.)

  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Character Sheet for Metacreator (knockoff Weiss version) (11 megs) - updated 20 August 2009
  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Spell Grimoire for Metacreator (knockoff Weiss version) (6 megs) - updated 20 August 2009
  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Character Sheet for Metacreator (Adobe Weiss version) (11 megs) - updated 20 August 2009
  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Spell Grimoire for Metacreator (Adobe Weiss version) (6 megs) - updated 20 August 2009
  • Download printAbils macro text for Metacreator (32 K) - updated 20 August 2009

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Ars Magica Fifth Edition Storyguide Screen

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Have you seen this thing?

Yeah, OK, so I get a tiny kickback from Amazon if you buy one from this link. But really, finally. I can make up GM screens for my favorite games and not have to rig some half-ass way of getting it to the table - just print and slide them into the slots of this baby, and you're ready to go. Switch games, and just switch panels out. Done.

So here's one for Ars Magica Fifth Edition. As usual, it uses layers galore, so if you want black and white, Third Edition-style borders, Fourth Edition fonts, etc. etc., just try turning layers on and off until you get what you want.

(Oh yeah, I usually leave out one of these panels and stick in a landscape illustration or our campaign map in the center panel facing the players, but anyway.)

  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Storyguide Screen (15 megs) - updated 6/16/08

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Ars Magica Fifth Edition Medieval Character Sheet

I had promised this one for quite some time, finally finished it, uploaded it, people liked it, and then somehow managed to kill the download part at some point. :^( Anyway, the exact opposite of the 'd20-style' sheets below: per request, a more 'magical' flavored sheet. At some point I'll hopefully have different font choices like I did for the 4.0 sheets, below. Requires Acrobat 6 or later to turn on and off layers like the parchment background.
  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Medieval Character Sheet (2.4 MB) - updated 31 October 2008

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Ars Magica Fifth Edition Character Sheet 2.0

This is quite different from 1.0 below, for a couple of reasons. One, I was (perhaps ironically with a game like Ars Magica) looking for something more 'modern.' Second, I wanted something that might attract new blood to the game. To that end, I adopted a 'd20 look' to the layout, and it's a 'training sheet' in that the Arts are spelled out, as are all the things which add up to produce your bonuses. I'm already working on a more Medieval-flavored ArM 5 sheet, don't worry—but you can also turn down the d20 a bit by layer choices. Click on the block below the logo to add your character's portrait.
  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Character Sheet 2.0 (300 K) - updated 2/8/06

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Ars Magica Fifth Edition Character Sheet 1.0

A four-page character sheet for Ars Magica Fifth Edition. This sheet is due for an overhaul, but this version corrects some errors on Atlas' official sheet (namely, Body Levels being for Fourth Edition, and an incorrect Concentration formula). Click on the block below the logo to add your character's portrait.
  • Download Ars Magica 5th Edition Character Sheet 1.01 (95 K) - updated 12/9/04

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Ars Magica Fourth Edition Character Sheet 2.1

Carlisle

Goudy

Moravian

Novgorod

Rabenstein

While I like my Ars database and am fairly happy with the character sheets it prints out, its sheets lack a certain style that I wanted back. So I finally sat down with InDesign and created another version specifically to be filled out by hand. Not stopping there, I came up with six different 'flavors': font and graphics choices which I think will help you match a sheet to your saga's locale! Supplemental sheets coming soon for Volkhvy, Vitkir, Kabbalists, etc.

  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet 2.1, Goudy version (351 K) - updated 14 July 2007
  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet 2.1, Carlisle version (360 K) - updated 14 July 2007
  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet 2.1, Hibernia version (344 K) - updated 14 July 2007
  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet 2.1, Moravian version (356 K) - updated 14 July 2007
  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet 2.1, Novgorod version (396 K) - updated 14 July 2007
  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet 2.1, Rabenstein version (350 K) - updated 14 July 2007

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Ars Magica Fourth Edition Character Sheet

Ars Magica is my favorite fantasy roleplaying game, hands down. I'm working on a FileMaker Pro database for the game; here's a printout of the character sheet. The design is based in part upon one produced by the Alpha Storyguide of our Rabenstein saga, Jason Buss (see below).

  • Download Ars Magica 4th Edition Character Sheet (4 pages, 367 K)
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Ars Magica Story Record

In trying to help us keep track of who did what during each story our Troupe runs, I developed this simple story record. Keep track of when the game was played, who ran it, what the characters did, and what their (in)famous quotes of the night were.

  • Download Ars Magica Story Record (1 page, 83 K)

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Ars Magica Third Edition Character Sheet, Jason Buss Edition

Ars Magica Houses

This is the way-cool sheet that my friend Jason Buss created for the Rabenstein saga. The current ruleset then was the third edition, so you might have to write in some things by hand to use this with the fourth (like experience points for Arts), but it's distinctive. Jason has added some cool things like 'Astrological Influences' which are not in the rules, and mostly there for color. Note that where I create all mine on my computer, this is a straight scan job from Jason's fine hand crafting.

  • Download Ars Magica Third Edition Character Sheet, Jason Buss edition (4 pages, 3.09 megs)

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The Little Boy Everybody Wanted: An Ars Magica Adventure

Adventure notes for Ars Magica based in the lands of Rus and the Novgorod Tribunal. I ran this story as part of the Rabenstein saga. This story recently appeared (in French) in issue number 18 of the French fanzine Ars Mag.

  • Download The Little Boy Everybody Wanted (7 pages, 281 K)

Map of Medieval Mesopotamia

I did the maps for the Atlas Games product Ancient Magic, with the help of the lovely Valerie Nix. Here's one of the maps from that product.

  • Download Map of Medieval Mesopotamia (1 pages, 2.3 MB) - updated 20 July 2007

Maps of Rabenstein Covenant

Maps of Rabenstein covenant, home to my first (and favorite) Ars Magica saga. Uses layering (Acrobat 6+); necessary for the first map, which toggles layers to represent all the foors of the covenant.

  • Download Map of Rabenstein (514 K) - updated 14 July 2007

Maps of Vigil Cavernae

Maps of Vigil Cavernae covenant, its environs and the village of Cavtat, and the nearby city of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). Uses layering (Acrobat 6+); necessary for the first map, which toggles layers to represent all the foors of the covenant.

  • Download Map of Vigil Cavernae (184 K) - updated 12/9/06
  • Download Map of Vigil Cavernae Environs (116 K) - updated 12/9/06
  • Download Map of Medieval Ragusa (132 K) - updated 12/9/06

Map of Medieval Rus

Always interested in Medieval Russian history, I worked up a good bit of information for Ars Magica. Here is an approximately 8' x 16' map of the principalities of Rus, including major towns, rivers, covenants, political boundaries and trade routes.

  • Download Map of Medieval Rus (1 page, 406 K)

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Map of Medieval Novgorod

Another map, this time of the Russian city of Novgorod, showing streets and major buildings (sorry, key is forthcoming).

  • Download Map of Medieval Novgorod (1 page, 295 K)

Map of Medieval Novgorod and Environs

Another map of Novgorod, this time of the city's immediate environs. Useful to me, perhaps it will be to you as well if you have a game set in Novgorod.

  • Download Map of Medieval Novgorod and Environs (1 page, 129 K) - updated 12/9/06

Map of Medieval Kiev and Environs

A map of Kiev the Golden and its immediate surroundings. Useful for stories set in the Kiev area.

  • Download Map of Medieval Kiev and Environs (1 page, 179 K)

Map of Cumbria

A very detailed map of medieval Cumbria - where the Corona Montis saga is set - showing towns, baronies, and religious and magical sites. May be of use to other English sagas.

Ars Magica
  • Download Map of Cumbria (1 page, 2.7 megs) - updated 12/9/06

Maps of Austhwaite Manor & Banggarth Hall

Ars Magica 5e

I worked up a map of the manor within which the noble Austhwaite family and the magi of the Covenant of Corona Montis reside. I was pretty pleased with the way it came out, and since I made a PDF of it for the members of our Ars Magica troupe I figured I might as well post it as others might find a use for it in their games. The first PDF has Austhwaite Manor's levels, before and after addition of a pele tower and an additional wing, as well as Banggarth Hall, the magi sancti, and Roland Whitney's villa: to access each, turn on or off the appropriate layers in Acrobat.

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  • Download a map of Austhwaite Manor et al (168 K) - updated 12/9/06
  • Download a map of lands surrounding Austhwaite Manor (2.3 megs) - updated 12/9/06

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