Editing User:Bill/Magic the Gathering (section)

==Characters==

Playing a MtG RPG that doesn't focus on spellcasters would seem to defeat the purpose. However, I think the races and roles presented in the cards are often interesting enough to make a player want to try them on. To support that I'd be willing to let each player choose whether to be an intermediate level spellcaster, stronger than a summonable spellcaster but not quite planeswalker material yet, or another creature.

Spellcasters would be based on any summonable creature with a magical effect that they may produce, such as clerics, shamen, pyromancers, or wizards, with a mana cost of three or less. The card will determine your character's race, base power, and base toughness. Your character may use any abilities present on the card at will. Additionally you may create a library of 15 cards including land that your character may draw on each encounter. All of these cards are available, there will be no draw. None of the fifteen cards may have a mana cost greater than three, and any cards indicating that they enter play tapped will take a round of combat before they may be used. Cards that influence your draw or your opponents', such as Braingeyser, will be arbitrated on a case by case basis; but will generally increase your ability to overcome mental challenges.

If you're not interested in playing a spellcaster, or working out a suitable strategy that you may employ in the course of fifteen cards, you may choose any summonable creature card other than spellcasters with a total mana cost of four or less to base your character off. My preference would be that the character be based on one of the common intelligent races, but we can handwave that if you'd prefer to play something like an ape or a bear. Just like spellcasters, the card will determine your race and role, base power and toughness, as well as any special abilities that your character will be able to use at will. In addition, just to level the playing field a little, non-spellcasters may choose any number of artifacts with a combined mana cost of three as personal equipment.