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Dungeons & Dragons 5e: Deep Magic #7: Chaos Magic

Deep Magic #7: Chaos Magic

So, what is chaos magic? Some would say magic is inherently chaotic, others say such wildness is the purview of the sorcerer and other spell-casters are a bit more ordered. Yet some wizards (and some bards) tread a narrow path in which they manipulate raw energy, affect chance, and teter on the edge of madness. There are dangers, one being the chaos magic surge. When one of those occurs anything could happen - maybe the sun is suddenly eclipsed or the caster grows a long purple moustache! (Yes, there is a wonderful random table to roll on.)

For wizards there is a School of Chaos Magic to study, whilst bards can opt for the College of Entropy, home of natural gamblers, the sort of people who rely on luck as much as on knowledge and skill. Each provides various advantages as characters rise in level.

After the aforementioned Chaos Magic Surge table, which makes entertaining reading, there's a chaos magic spell list which is available to bards, sorcerers with the wild magic bloodline, and wizards. This provides wonderful opportunities to mess with your opponents' (and quite often your allies') heads.

This is one to have fun with. As a player, grapple with something unpredictable. As a DM, enjoy watching your players' faces as someone's very being warps and oozes like a Salvadore Dali painting or a spellbook develops a mouth and starts answering back! And yet, it's not silly - it's just strange, a way to make magic mysterious and surprising again!

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Reviewed: 24 October 2016