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The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game is a licensed role-playing game based on The Dresden Files and using the Fate system.It was released in late 2010 in two hardcover volumes: Your Story with the rules information and Our World with setting information, and won numerous awards at all of the Origins Awards, the ENnies, and the Golden Geek Awards.
Thaumaturgy (/ ˈ θ ɔː m ə t ɜːr dʒ i / ⓘ), derived from the Greek words thauma (wonder) and ergon (work), refers to the practical application of magic to effect change in the physical world. Historically, thaumaturgy has been associated with the manipulation of natural forces, the creation of wonders, and the performance of magical ...
Authentic Thaumaturgy is a set of rules for portraying magic in role-playing games, written by Isaac Bonewits. The first edition was published by Chaosium in 1978. [ 1 ] A substantially expanded edition was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1998.
World of Darkness is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, and Changeling: The Dreaming, along with off-shoots based on these.
Theurgy(/ˈθiːɜːrdʒi/; from Greek θεουργίαtheourgía), also known as divine magic, is one of two major branches of the magicalarts,[1]the other being practical magicor thaumaturgy. [2][3]Theurgy describes the ritual practicesassociated with the invocationor evocationof the presenceof one or more deities, especially with the goal of ...
In 1974, the 36-page "Volume 1: Men & Magic" pamphlet was published as part of the original Dungeons & Dragons boxed set and included 12 pages about magic.It primarily describes individual spells where the "spells often but not always have both duration and ranges, and the explanation of spells frequently references earlier Chainmail materials".
Exiles are sent to Wraeclast, a penal colony, where they kill various monsters and people who have been tormenting other exiles in Wraeclast. It is discovered that Dominus has been secretly working with his assistant Piety studying thaumaturgy and is the cause of many of the troubles in Wraeclast. The Exile finds and kills both of them.
Bas-Lag. Bas-Lag is a fictional universe in which several of China Miéville 's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as thaumaturgy) and steampunk technology exist, and where many intelligent races live.