Magic related wads?

[wowsuchname]

Hello, this is my first post on this website. I'd like to ask if anyone knows of good "magic" slash "occult" themed mods. Lately I found out a mod for Hideous Destructor called Arcanum where you get a spellbook that can do all kinds of fun stuff and I was wondering if there were mods entirely dedicated to that rather than a submod for a mod. Much obliged.

[Teo Slayer]

 

[wowsuchname]

I am aware of Heretic and Hexen. I did not like its gameplay very much. Its just, doom but with a magic themed reskin as far as I played it. Some folk might disagree but it just wasnt very appealing to me. I would prefer reccomendations of wads with magical systems in it as part of the gameplay, or at least doom wads that had a magical theme going on and the person reccomending it thought it was fun.

[Major Arlene]

Hocus Pocus Doom:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/hocus-pocus-doom

 

I haven't personally played it but it did win a Cacoward so I think it should be alright :D

 

[wowsuchname]

I played a little bit of it. Thought it was fun! Though not exactly what Im looking for. Thank you nonetheless.

[Mr Masker]

if it's gzdoom gameplay mods you're after, I'd say get this one, it has magic stuff and is cool.

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=37066

 

[wowsuchname]

 

4 minutes ago, Mr Masker said:

if it's gzdoom gameplay mods you're after, I'd say get this one, it has magic stuff and is cool.

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=37066

 

 

Yeah, maybe it would had helped to clarify that Im looking for a gzdoom gameplay mod with an occult theme. I know of Guncaster, I thought it was fun, though for me it was very over the top and not exactly my cup of tea. It reminds me a bit of High Noon Drifter, although not fully a wad about occult magic, or at least not as much as Guncaster was, there were definetly some elements there. I know of the gameplay mod "Psychic" as well. Its closer to what Im looking for, but I wasn't too much of a fan of how it handled the magical system in itself. Thanks nonetheless.

[Mr Masker]

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=56762 I know you weren't all that thrilled by Heretic but I'd say this gameplay mod adds a good amount to the heretic weapons and mechanics that it might be worth a go

[leodoom85]

Try Abysm 1 and 2 for Doom 2 (it also has an expansion wad for Abysm 2). It works perfectly as a magic themed wad with the typical medieval and dark fantasy setting.

[Dexiaz]

You could try an old mod called Nercromancer

[m8f]

Excellent Hell-Forged by Amuscaria.

[Widosm]

Preacher is something you might be looking for.

[wowsuchname]

On 10/5/2021 at 7:31 AM, Mr Masker said:

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=56762 I know you weren't all that thrilled by Heretic but I'd say this gameplay mod adds a good amount to the heretic weapons and mechanics that it might be worth a go

 

This is a lot closer to what I am looking for, it was definetly fun, but still not exactly what I imagined. I found a mod called HexArcana 3.0 that, if not for the repetitiveness of the rooster of weapons it would had been perfect. I also found another mod called SCHISM, which is some form of branch of Brutal Doom that includes a paladin and mage class. Its alright but still not quite it. 

Honestly the closest I seen so far to what Im looking for in a doom wad with magic would be the Arcanum mod for Hideous Destructor. But by all means, if anyone knows of a cool occult themed mod out there let us know.

 

[snapshot]

wrath of cronos? (also works with doom 2) i remember playing it on a zandronum server and it did have classes each with their own skills and weapons and things like that:

https://www.moddb.com/games/hexen/downloads/wrathofcronosv22patched

[wowsuchname]

On 10/6/2021 at 10:17 AM, sluggard said:

wrath of cronos? (also works with doom 2) i remember playing it on a zandronum server and it did have classes each with their own skills and weapons and things like that:

https://www.moddb.com/games/hexen/downloads/wrathofcronosv22patched

 

I decided to give it a fair shot for once. Thats basically what Im looking for! There are many magical systems of different kinds to specialize in and its not super linear or boring. I dont play doom to grind so I bumped up the EXP multiplier to the max and I think its pretty ok. Thanks for telling me about it.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

Maskim Xul has a nice "black magic" atmosphere. Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but it's a favorite of mine.

 

 

[wowsuchname]

On 10/6/2021 at 10:17 AM, sluggard said:

wrath of cronos? (also works with doom 2) i remember playing it on a zandronum server and it did have classes each with their own skills and weapons and things like that:

https://www.moddb.com/games/hexen/downloads/wrathofcronosv22patched

 

Now that I played it a bit more extensively, yeah WOC is definetly what I was looking for. Very varied magical systems, lots of ways to play, extremely fun. Thanks buddy.

[P41R47]

You may also be interested on these projects.
They are all medieval style and has tons of magic, religion and occult happening on them.

The inquisitor

The Inquisitor 2

 

The Inquisitor 3

 

Ascension

 

And this one is one of the very first RPG styled mods out there. Even when its old, its really good, so give it a try.

Serpent: Resurrection