Has anyone done any comparisons between the magic system of the FFC and the different magic rules in D20 Dave Arneson's Blackmoor. Are there any similarities at all?

Also, the appearance of magical crystals/gemstones used in magic in the D20 system is interesting. I have heard rumours that Fred Funk's group also used something similar. Is this an old "Arnesonian" idea that was incorporated into the D20 Blackmoor setting?

-Havard

The spellshard idea is from Moorcock, IIRC, so it's probably Arnesonian.

I never put anything on paper, but I've noticead a number of similar stuff - spell effects and so forth. Hard to remember off the top of me knoggin.

While the "spell focus" was Dustins idea, I think he was probably inspired by Dave's stories. There is a kind of gem of spell storing in Dave's D&D draft, for ex.