The current "cool system" for GURPS is Ritual Path Magic with 9 loose paths that all can be manipulated by various verbs.
Let's see, a fireball is a Greater Create Energy effect, modified for target, range, and damage.
Polymorph is a Greater Transform Body, with perhaps a lesser or greater transform mind if the subject gets appropriate mentality.
Scrying a transdimensional portal is "Sense Crossroads"
So on and on.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Let's see, a fireball is a Greater Create Energy effect, modified for target, range, and damage.
Polymorph is a Greater Transform Body, with perhaps a lesser or greater transform mind if the subject gets appropriate mentality.
Scrying a transdimensional portal is "Sense Crossroads"
So on and on.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll