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What are the different types of magic, and in which books are they in?

Obviously Palladium Fantasy.

But what other types of magic are there, and where?
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Depends what setting you are playing. If thinking megaversally, you may want to start your search with...

The Book of Magic for Rifts. It has a wide selection of various, but not all, magic types.
The counterpart for PFRPG is the Mysteries of Magic.
For Nightbane, go to World Book 3 - Through the Glass Darkly.
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Island on the Edge of the World (PF 1E) has Crystal Magic (sort of a psionic crystal tech)

Rifts Book of Magic collects examples from various Rifts books into a single source up to around WB22/SoT series, but not always in depth
-African Magics (WB4, Ceremonial and Witch))
-Biomancy (WB6, IINM it might also be in a PF title)
-Blue Flame Magic (WB9)
-Bio-Wizardry (WB2, WB21, possibly smatterings in other WBs from Atlantis)
-Cloud Magic (WB14)
-Conjuring (WB16, also in a PF title)
-Dolphin Magic (WB7)
-Elemental Magic (CB1o, also in PF2E main book)
-Koallyte Shaping (WB7)
-Russian Magics (WB19): Living Fire, Nature, Spoiling
-Nazca Line Magic (WB6)
-Necromancy (WB4, WB19 added to the list, can be found in a PF title)
-Ocean Magic (WB7)
-Native American (WB15, WB20): Shamanistic and Inuit Magic
-Stone Magic (WB2), also includes Pyramid Technology
-Tattoo Magic (WB2, WB21 added to the list)
-Temporal Magic (WB3)
-Whale Singer (WB7)
-Rune Weapons (PF2E, WB2, D&G, WB21, WB7, WB8)
-Techno-Wizard (RMB, gear from various books)
-Herb Magic (WB3)
-Millennium Tree (WB3, WB8, I'd be surprised if it wasn't also in a PF title)

Additional Rifts books:
-WB26 introduces Eco-Wizardry, a variant of TW
-DB13 introduces Space Magic
-Secrets of the Atlanteans has a form of Crystal Magic
-SB3 has the Tarno Crystal (a gem that alters the properties of metals)
-MercAdventures SB, IIRC, has Combat Magic
-WB12/WB30 has the Bubble Maker RCC (unique magic type, though they are closer to psionic in nature than magic IMHO)
-Dragons & Gods (a PF title to) has additional Rune Magic features, plus Defic Magic
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Many of these are also found, at least in part, in Rifts Book of Magic. This list doesn't include "optional" stuff from Rifter, such as Song and Blade Magic.
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Invocation: Rifts Ultimate Edition, multiple other sources
African Ceremonial Magic: Rifts World Book 4: Africa (note there is considerable overlap between these and Tribal Shaman Chants in Palladium Fantasy RPG Book 3: Adventures on the High Seas)
African Witch: Rifts World Book 4: Africa
Biomancy: Rifts World Books 6: South America 1 and 32: Lemuria
Blue Flame: Rifts World Book 9:South America 2
Chi: Mystic China
Chaos: Chaos Earth Sourcebook 2: Rise of Magic
Cloud: Rifts World Book 14: New West
Combat: Rifts: Mercenary Adventures
Conjuring: Rifts World Book 16: Federation of Magic (also found in Palladium Fantasy RPG 10: Mount Nimro)
Crystal: Rifts Dimension Book 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans
Cybermagic: Nightbane World Book 3: Through the Glass Darkly
Demon: Rifts Dimension Book 12: Phase World: Dimensional Outbreak
Diabolism: Palladium Fantasy RPG
Dolphin: Rifts World Book 7: Underseas
Eco Wizardry: Rifts World Book 26: Dinosaur Swamp
Elemental: PFRPG, Rifts Conversion Book 1 (not the revised), additional spells in PFRPG books and perhaps elsewhere
Fleshsculptor: Nightbane World Book 3: Through the Glass Darkly
Frost: Rifter 70
Herb: Rifts World Book 3: England
Hunting: Rifts Vampire Sourcebook
Korallyte Shaping: Rifts World Book 7: Underseas
Life Force: Palladium Fantasy RPG 10: Mount Nimro
Living Fire: Rifts World Book 18: Mystic Russia
Mirror: Nightbane World Book 3: Through the Glass Darkly
Mortificant Arts: Rifter 50
Mystic Kuznya: Rifts World Book 18: Mystic Russia
Nature: Rifts World Book 18: Mystic Russia
Nazca Line: Rifts World Book 9:South America 2
Necromancy: Rifts World Books 4: Africa, 18: Mystic Russia, and "official" spells in a couple of Rifters
Ocean: Rifts World Books 8: Underseas and 32: Lemuria
Pyromancy: Rifter 82
Rainmaker: Rifts World Book 4: Africa
Shamanic/Shamanistic: Rifts World Book 15: Spirit West (see also "Inuit" Magic in Rifts World Book 20: Canada
Shadow: Rifts Dimension Book 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans (with several spells originally found in Palladium Fantasy RPG 12: Library of Bletherad)
Rune: PFRPG, Rifts World Book 2: Atlantis, examples found elsewhere, including lesser versions
Soulmancy: Rifts World Book 35: Megaverse in Flames
Space: Rifts Dimension Book 13: Phase World: Fleets of the Three Galaxies Sourcebook
Spoiling: Rifts World Book 18: Mystic Russia
Star: Rifter 50
Summoning: Palladium Fantasy RPG
Tattoo: Rifts World Books 2: Atlantis and 21: Splynn Dimensional Market, Dimensional Book 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans
Techno Wizardy: Rifts Ultimate Edition
Temporal: Rifts World Book 3: England (with a couple spells in Dimensional Book 13:Phase World Fleets of the Three Galaxies
Whalesong: Rifts World Book 7: Underseas
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We need a sticky article titled "Time of Thousand Magics" and indexing magic types from across Palladium's RPGs.
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thorr-kan wrote:We need a sticky article titled "Time of Thousand Magics" and indexing magic types from across Palladium's RPGs.



With attached sections for Rifter-published schools and another for Forum-posted schools.
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taalismn wrote:
thorr-kan wrote:We need a sticky article titled "Time of Thousand Magics" and indexing magic types from across Palladium's RPGs.

With attached sections for Rifter-published schools and another for Forum-posted schools.

You keep that filthy fanfic off my pristine canon! :)

Nah, each of those needs a *separate* sticky article, for ease of indexing. There's enough people keep asking for each that I think they'd be worthwhile.
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What y'all want is a database, or at least a well-organized spreadsheet.
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I got a spreadsheet.
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Library Ogre wrote:What y'all want is a database, or at least a well-organized spreadsheet.

I'm working on it.
I just need a go/no go from Kevin and Sean on if they want it, or if I can release it publicly.
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taalismn wrote:
thorr-kan wrote:We need a sticky article titled "Time of Thousand Magics" and indexing magic types from across Palladium's RPGs.



With attached sections for Rifter-published schools and another for Forum-posted schools.

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