Esoteric Proficiencies

A framework for creating Burning Wheel magic systems centered around extreme proficiency in otherwise mundane skills, and several examples of the framework applied.

Open a training skill, like Whispering Training. Encounter an obstacle you believe could be addressed by the esoterica, like your business partner (who is your good friend’s spouse) panicking before an important negotiation. Test a linked -wise, like Husband-wise, to discover the applicability of Whispering to the situation. Test your esoteric skill, Acting, modified by the linked -wise result, magically open-ended.

Partially inspired, somehow, by