Magical g Burst a role-playing game of desperate magical girls Fourth Draft ©2014 by Ewen Cluney Thanks to: Judgment, planefag, and Anonymous from /tg/, Taros, Kurt, Torbadomy and the other Taiwanese fans, Rabbit Éclair, and all the playtesters Playtesters: Joshua Gervais, Joe Iglesias, Jonathan Davis, #BecomeTheMeguca (Giantree, Bardy, Charm, Mami-san, Nanao- kun, Firespitter, Kesh), Aaron Smith, Dave Empey, Grant Chen, Chris Camareno, Thinh Pham, Dave Taue, Elton Sanchez Intro Comic .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 What is a Role-Playing Game? .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Things You’ll Need .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Dice Notation ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 A Magical World ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 The City ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Tsukaima ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Magical Girls ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8 The Power of Magic .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Youma ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Getting Ready to Play ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Boundaries ................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 The City and Your Place in It .................................................................................................................................................. 11 Secrets ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Making Magical Girls ............................................................................................................................................................... 12 Relationships and Secondary Characters ................................................................................................................................ 12 Creating Your Magical Girl .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Magical Talents ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Strategy Guide: Character Creation ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Instant Magical Girl ...................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Playing the Game .......................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Principles ................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Episodes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 g 1 g Framing Scenes and Role-Playing ............................................................................................................................................ 37 Transforming ............................................................................................................................................................................ 37 Challenges ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Actions and Moves ................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Battles ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Strategy Guide: Combat ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 Relationships in Play ................................................................................................................................................................ 46 Fallout ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Change Tables .......................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Oblivion Seeds .......................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Advancement ............................................................................................................................................................................ 60 The Game Master’s Job ................................................................................................................................................................ 64 Basic Principles ......................................................................................................................................................................... 64 The Series .................................................................................................................................................................................. 64 Shocks ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Secrets ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Tsukaima ................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Normal People .......................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Creating Youma ........................................................................................................................................................................ 70 Other Magical Girls .................................................................................................................................................................. 78 Other Stuff ................................................................................................................................................................................ 79 Appendix ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 80 Design Notes ............................................................................................................................................................................. 80 Other Resources ....................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Epilogue Comic ...........................................................................................................................................................................