Using Arcanium

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Using Arcanium

Iron Brothers Games · Accepted Answer

Arcanium crystallizes where intense magical energy pooled for centuries - ritual circles, god-bones, ley line springs, the roots of trees that remember true sunlight. These thumb-sized crystals glow with trapped potential from before the defiling, when magic flowed freely through the world. Each one is frozen lightning, crystallized prayer, or a dead wizard's final breath made solid. When cracked for power, you're burning irreplaceable history - consuming fragments of the world-that-was for another desperate spell. The Underneath hoards them as anchor points to the before-times, while Keepers barely remember how to transform them into food through broken rituals, and mages shatter them for moments of power that make the world permanently less magical.  Casters can tap an arcanium gem to replenish Mana:  Slow phase action  Gain 1 Affliction Point  Roll the gem’s die size - replenish that much Mana  Recharges over 24 hours  Rolled a 1? The gem’s power is diminished 1 die size (d6→d4, etc)

Iron Brothers Games · Answer

Compared to Dungeons & Dragons 5e and Old-School Essentials (OSE), CRAWL! simplifies mechanics while maintaining tactical depth. Arcanium crystallizes where intense magical energy pooled for centuries - ritual circles, god-bones, ley line springs, the roots of trees that remember true sunlight. These thumb-sized crystals glow with trapped potential from before the defiling, when magic flowed freely through the world. Each one is frozen lightning, crystallized prayer, or a dead wizard's final breath made solid. When cracked for power, you're burning irreplaceable history - consuming fragments of the world-that-was for another desperate spell. The Underneath hoards them as anchor points to the before-times, while Keepers barely remember how to transform them into food through broken rituals, and mages shatter them for moments of power that make the world permanently less magical.  Casters can tap an arcanium gem to replenish Mana:  Slow phase action  Gain 1 Affliction Point  Roll the gem’s die size - replenish that much Mana  Recharges over 24 hours  Rolled a 1? The gem’s power is diminished 1 die size (d6→d4, etc)