Technology and Magic

Rule Type: Homebrew

Much of a Moonfall City Blues campaign centers around the ideas of magic and magical ability through the avenues of the Celestials or Moonshine. For the purposes of this campaign frame, any Domain Cards which are Spells or Grimoires, or which deal Magic damage and any Class Features, Hope Features, Subclass Features, Ancestry Features, Community Features, Equipment, Consumables, and Items which use either a Spellcast Check, Spellcast Trait, or deal Magic damage are considered magical.

Classes, Ancestries, Communities, and Classes are not, on their own, magical, but instead allow one to use magic and magical effects. If your character has Spell or Grimoire Cards or a Feature which is considered magical, then they are considered magical for the purposes of this setting and other Campaign Mechanics.

If there is any confusion about what is magical and what is not, work with your GM and table to better define it.

Additionally, any Domain Cards, Features, Equipment or Loot which are considered magical may be re-flavored as non-magical and instead technological in nature. Work with your GM to define the nature of the technology. This can be on a case-by-case basis, meaning a Wizard with two Grimoire cards could Re-flavor one to be technological in nature, while the other remains magical in nature. If anything is converted in this way narratively, there are two rules applied to them. Firstly, all Magic damage is converted into Physical damage. Secondly, this means the thing is a gadget, tool, equipment, technique, or some other physical object or situation, which could have narrative impact if, for example, you were captured and stripped of all your possessions. Things Re-flavored this way still use the same Spellcast Trait and still require Spellcast Rolls as noted by their original rules.

It is generally assumed that your character with technological features or equipment has the tools, time, fuel, or ammunition to use these abilities or items with the normal frequency allowed. As an example, Re-flavoring the Midnight Domain’s Rain of Blades Spell as a blast of shrapnel or skilled physical throwing of many blades means it is assumed you always have enough grenades or daggers to use the ability and are able to make or acquire more during your downtime at no additional cost. Only a narrative consequence could interfere with this assumption.