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* Can you recommend some good [[Suggested Reading | reading material]] that can inform or inspire my Ars Magica game?
* Can you recommend some good [[Suggested Reading | reading material]] that can inform or inspire my Ars Magica game?


== [[Fan Community]] ==
== Fan Community ==
* Does Ars Magica have an active [[Fan Community]]?
* Does Ars Magica have an active [[Fan Community]]?
* [[Fan_Community#Size_of_the_Fan_Community | How many people]] make up the Ars Magica community?
* [[Fan_Community#Size_of_the_Fan_Community | How many people]] make up the Ars Magica community?
* How can I [[Fan_Community#FindPlayers | find a troupe]] to join?
* How can I [[Fan_Community#Finding_Players | find a troupe]] to join?
* Can one of the authors of (upcoming supplement) [[Products#LeakDetails | give us some inside details]]?
* Can one of the authors of (upcoming supplement) [[Upcoming products#Frequently-Asked_Questions | give us some inside details]]?
* Can I [[Writing Supplements | write a supplement]] for Ars Magica?
* Can I [[Writing Supplements | write a supplement]] for Ars Magica?
* [[Line Editor | Who is in charge]] of the Ars Magica product line?
* [[Line Editor | Who is in charge]] of the Ars Magica product line?

Revision as of 20:39, 10 December 2012

If you would like a beginner's introduction to Ars Magica, please see our Welcome to Ars Magica page.

These questions, and answers, come from the Ars Magica Fan Community. The answers are unofficial but represent the best judgment of a large body of experienced players.

Basic Questions

The Ars Magica Product Line

Mythic Europe

Fan Community

Fifth Edition

Newcomers may also find the introduction to Game Mechanics informative.

Rules Status

Characters, Abilities, and Virtues and Flaws

Spells

Forms & Techniques

Spell Effects

Casting Spells

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Questions on Specific Spells

Magic Resistance, Penetration, and Parma Magica

Most of the following questions are addressed in detail in the (lengthy) article on Magic Resistance.

Magic Resistance Mechanics

Penetration Mechanics

  • Do wards have to penetrate in order to keep out a creature with Magic Resistance?
  • Does Aegis of the Hearth have to penetrate in order to keep out a creature with Magic Resistance?

Design of Magic Resistance

Laboratory

Books, Study, and Experience

  • What is meant on p. 165 by " Summae: Source - Quality and Level?"

Combat

Miscellaneous Rules Questions

Fourth Edition (and earlier editions) Questions

  • How does the Parma Magica work in Fourth Edition?
  • Is Perdo Imaginem too easy?
  • "How do I use Range, Duration, and Target?"
  • Can my wizard create ritual spell to lift an entire mountain five hundred feet into the air permanently? If so, what level would it be?
  • Can a magus create a golem and switch minds with it and thus escape old age?
  • Is ice part of Aquam, or what?
  • "Is combat busted?"
  • A sample combat

Legacy Page

The history of this page before July 21, 2012 is located at http://legacy.redcap.org/page/faq