Wild Magic (PW)

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Starfox's Princess World

Channelling Wild Magic

When in the wild lands, a princess can attempt to harness and use the inherent raw magic in the area. In mechanical terms, a princess can use wild magic to add dice to aroll to a maximum of their Tender, with a minimum of 1 die. A princess has a Tender of 2 they can add up to 2 wild magic dice to a roll. A princess with Tender of 0 or 1 can add a single die. This works for any Action, not just magic. However, there are costs and risks to doing this.

• You add 1 point of Chaos to the nearest kingdom for each additional die.
• In addition to the Chaos and Consequence of the action, any doubles rolled trigger a local wild magic surge.

Wild Magic Surge

A wild magic surge can take the form of kinetic energy, elemental energy, life energy, or anything else the GM deems appropriate. It could be beneficial to the princess, or harmful. If desired, a fortune roll can be made to see how positive (or negative) the effects are, or you can use the Wild Magic Effects Table to generate a random surge.

Any effect of a Wild Magic Surge that directly affects a princess is considered a Consequence and can be resisted using the best Attribute.

Wild Magic Effects

1. Raw magic begins swirling and cascading, building towards a destructive climax
2. Invisible walls appear everywhere
3. Dozens of random monsters are spontaneously created
4. Princesses may only speak in rhyme. Failing to do so costs Stress.
5. Elementals in the area begin congregating, driven to fuse into a mega-elemental
6. Cracks and pits appear as local terrain destabilises
7. A talking (possibly singing) creature appears and won't leave the princesses alone Things that don't normally talk start talking
8. A Tea party appears
9. Everyone's voice becomes high and squeaky and 'cute'
10. Extremely localised thunderstorm
11. Hostile aura. Peaceful actions cost Stress.
12. Monster lair is created nearby
13. Hair becomes animate
14. Princess specialities are turned into their opposites
15. Princesses swap bodies
16. The area is affected by a
17. Spin Everything is suddenly in the style of a specific genre (scifi, fantasy, cowboy, etc)
18. Everyone has a hat. It can't be removed. If they already had a hat then their hat now has a hat.
19. Princesses feel compelled to sing their actions and thoughts like they're in a musical. Failing to do so costs Stress.
20. EVERYTHING starts dancing.
21. Valuables make a run for it
22. No one can speak above a whisper
23. Local flora grows explosively
24. Bouncy music starts playing. Monsters bop to the beat.
25. Princesses grow magnificent beards and mustaches
26. The area is affected by a Freeze
27. Strong scent fills the air (onion, vanilla, rosemary, lemon, etc)
28. Structures made of materials such as cheese, tofu, or salami manifest everywhere
29. Terrain warps, becoming rougher and stranger
30. Ghostly illusions or statues of past actions begin appearing
31. Disembodied voice starts narrating, likely in a borish style
32. An odd mist appears, its colour incongruent with its scent
33. It starts raining something weird (lemonade, slime, coins)
34. Everything that is spoken aloud attempts to become true
35. Everyone's voice becomes deep and cool
36. Peaceful aura. Hostile actions cost Stress.
37. Lies begin physically manifesting
38. Terrain warps, becoming smoother and calmer
39. Princess weapons become animate
40. Princesses turn invisible, even to themselves
41. Terrain warps, becoming prettier and more peaceful
42. Everything spoken sounds incredibly sarcastic
43. Something tiny becomes gigantic
44. Everyone is very sleepy
45. Everything becomes sticky
46. Everyone is very jittery
47. Everything becomes slippery
48. All princesses become their younger selves
49. All princesses become their older selves
50. All princesses become badass future versions of themselves
51. All princesses become alternate reality versions of themselves
52. All princesses become alternate genre versions of themselves
53. Everything starts floating
54. Weather reverses violently
55. Clothing/styles are reversed
56. Inanimate objects come to life
57. Princesses become intoxicated
58. Everything becomes wintery
59. Princesses become hyped up
60. Everything becomes summery
61. Everyone becomes incredibly apologetic and regretful
62. Everyone becomes incredibly supportive, but emotional
63. Everyone becomes incredibly petty and gossipy
64. Everyone becomes incredibly cynical, but optimistic
65. Princesses turn into dragons
66. Princesses turn into birds
67. Princesses turn into animals
68. Princesses become chibi
69. Structures made of odd materials such as tea cups, books, or playing cards manifest everywhere
70. Words become bubbles, only released when the bubbles are popped
71. Everyone now wears a mask.
72. Princesses are healed one level of harm with visible heart symbols, sparkles, and bloopy sound effects
73. Princesses become translucent and a bit floaty
74. Every action is accompanied by music and sound effects
75. NOBODY HAS AN INDOOR VOICE
76. Treasure palace appears in the nearby wild lands
77. Tea party appears with delicious food and drink
78. Princesses begin to glimmer and sparkle constantly
79. Butterflies! Butterflies everywhere!
80. Dozens of fortunes materialise from ambient luck (1d4 Treasure)
81. Suddenly fire
82. Suddenly water
83. Suddenly air
84. Suddenly earth
85. Sudden light
86. Suddenly lightning
87. Sudden cold
88. Sudden darkness