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The blood magic is basically bullshit. First of all, D&D distinguishes between "target" spells, "effect" spells, and "area" spells. Fireball doesn't fucking "target an area," it is an area spell . Fuck. You point your finger and determine the range (dista...

I'm with tussock as far as blood magic being a bit humanocentric - a more general fetish system would be better: a dragon's scales, a lock of hair, etc. I'm not sure what I'd do in terms of spells that usually require LOS/LOE. Typically I picture fetish magic as being slower and more ritual-oriente...

Well, I'll certainly take all of this into consideration. Thanks for the feedback, guys. More is always welcome—especially about the other two sections of the post that have been ignored thus far!

I think I must be explaining myself poorly. The idea behind The Power of True Names is that the act of invoking a creature's true name is in no way trivial, and that hearing somebody invoke your true name should be a jarring experience at the very least. Adding it as a descriptor to some spell and r...

That's the opposite of something that makes any sense. Names are universal. Everyone has one. If true names aren't universal , they aren't "names" in any meaningful sense. It is literally impossible for true names to be too prevalent, because by definition everyone has one. True names can...

If you want to have true names be a thing, they need to really be a thing . Having it be ephemeral shit you can't tell people makes it not a name . It's just spending time to supercharge yourself against a specific opponent or some shit at that point, which doesn't feel like a "name" in a...

It took a while to come up with a decent system to make these things work, but now that I finally did I'm looking for outside thoughts and opinions on a few plot devices I coughed up. If you've got a second, I'd appreciate it if you'd check them out and give me some feedback. The reason for these is...