Magic: the Gathering and Infuses It with Roleplaying Aspects to Create a Casual Co-Op Variant
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Planeswalker 3rd Edition Contents What is Planeswalker? ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 What do you need to play? ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Character Creation .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Races ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Attributes .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Traits ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Guild Traits (Optional) ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Ravnica Guilds ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 Deck Construction ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Planeswalker (Player) Deck Construction ......................................................................................................................... 19 Rarity/Copy Card Maximums ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Gameplay .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 How do I play? ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Adventuring ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Magic Shop .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Treasure! ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Utilizing the Planechase Rules ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Rolling for Treasure ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Gems ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Magic Items ................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Item Creation Tables ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 Legendary Items (Optional) .......................................................................................................................................... 23 Purchasing and Selling Cards and Items ........................................................................................................................... 23 Random Spells for Treasure .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Spell Conversion ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 2 Leveling ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Experience Table ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 Dungeon ................................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Dungeon Rules .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Setup ............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Danger Level .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Determining a Bosses’ Starting Life Total ..................................................................................................................... 25 Game Play ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Boss Gameplay Logic ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 New Keywords and Terms ............................................................................................................................................ 26 Boss’s Turn .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Game Master (Optional) ................................................................................................................................................... 29 Playing a Dungeon Deck ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Creating an Adventure .................................................................................................................................................. 29 Creating a Dungeon Deck ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 Planar Card .................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Spell Deck ...................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Scheme Deck ................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Boss Deck and Fragments ............................................................................................................................................. 32 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Creature Classifications ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 “General” Special Rules..................................................................................................................................................... 33 3 What is Planeswalker? Planeswalker takes Magic: The Gathering and infuses it with roleplaying aspects to create a casual co-op variant. To play, players create a planeswalker using the planeswalker creation rules. Based on the planeswalker they have created, they then construct their own Magic decks. The planeswalkers then adventure attempting to conquer automated dungeons (premade decks that don’t require a player to run them). Being successful is rewarded with new spells (cards) to add to their existing deck or items that affect their planeswalker’s abilities. As planeswalkers gain levels, they can cast more and more powerful spells and gain traits that help them in battle. What do you need to play? A working knowledge of Magic as well as cards will allow a player to get started (the bulk of your deck starts out being common cards). This can be accomplished in a few different ways. Here are two recommendations: 1) One person could provide the cards, but he would retain ownership of them. That person could use his own collection for loot and opening packs and at the end of the campaign take his cards back. 2) All of the player's provide their own cards. They would also help with the cost