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Official page for Everyday Arcana - magic in the modern world. Compatible with Everyday Heroes.

07/08/2026

Shadows Surrounding will feature a variety of different organizations that have popped up since magic became public knowledge, or that have been hidden since before. Here is part 1 of the close-up on the Office of Supernatural and Paranormal Affairs! 🪄

Following up on the Atlanta Incident, the Office of Supernatural and Paranormal Affairs (OSPA) was established under the Department of Homeland Security on February 6, 2015. It has been noted by a number of observers that there were surprisingly few hiring offers posted for the new department, yet the department was well staffed almost immediately after its inception--in fact, it is quite well known that while OSPA represents the first overt government office regarding magical and supernatural situations, it is a successor to covert government operations which had been in place for years.

What else you want to see in Everyday Arcana? 🤔

24/07/2026

Shadows Surrounding will also bring new classes! Introducing... the Spellboxer, which will be included in the shadow surrounding book. 🥊

Not merely content with the art of punching somebody, you’ve developed an entirely different talent–how to harness magical energy with your bare hands, although in a pinch kicks and headbutts will work just fine too. Your talents may make it difficult for you to fight competitively, but as street heroes go you’re hard to overcome.

The ability to enhance a spellboxer’s damage with magical energy makes them a formidable hero, able to not only deliver impressive damage but also control their enemies with magical effects, leaving them vulnerable to their allies.

10/07/2026

The second part of the Shadow Surrounding setting excerpt about running adventures in LA 🪄

Today, the city boasts an area covering 502.7 square miles with an active restaurant scene, many education establishments, and a unique skyline filled with low-rise buildings only punctuated with a select few high-rises. With a grid-like road system designed to move massive amounts of traffic, the Everyday Hero in Los Angeles not only will be likely stuck in traffic, but may also be stuck behind a Dwarven big rig driver.

Creatures and cryptids from the surrounding areas are as follows: Lizard People, Riverside Monster, the Borrego Sandman, the Laguna del Diablo, the Lone Pine Mountain Devil, the Penelope (rake), the Fresno Nightcrawler, and everyone’s favorite of the southwest, the chupacabra.

26/06/2026

Sigfried Trent, one of the lead designers of the original Everyday Heroes, is back at it again with Night Magics!

You can grab it now on Sidekick ⬇
https://sidekick.evilgeniusgames.com/content-marketplace/night-magics

12/06/2026

How to run adventures in the Shadow Surrounding setting for Everyday Arcana? Here's part 1 of the excerpt on ideas for running adventures in LA. 🪄

The City of Angels, La-La Land, City of Champions, the Big Orange; it doesn’t matter what one refers to the large Californian city, it is guaranteed that at least someone will get the reference. Situated on California’s west coast, this large metro area is home to over ten million people of all types. As many as two-hundred twenty-four languages are spoken in the metro area during the last census count, with as many more being added daily as more Travelers crossed over.

Originally inhabited by the Tongva peoples, the area was later claimed by Juan Rodriguez Cabarillo for Spain in 1542 during the reign of Charles V. It is posited during the time of the Tongva peoples, various and assorted Travelers may have crossed into the region and lived among the First Nations peoples. In 1781, the city was established on the Tongva site known as Yaangva.

11/05/2026

Today we get an excerpt from Shadows Surrounding regarding travelers from other worlds

Crossing Over - Creature vs. Traveler
The vast majority of confirmed crossings have been traced to an area containing a leyline, or where multiple lines intersect. Most of the time these individuals have been referred to as ‘Travelers’, as opposed to the myriad of derogatory names that have floated about various populations. There exist, however, other types that lack sentient thought, which have been referred to as ‘creature’ or ‘monster’.

A multitude of types have been noted, many described as ‘classical fantasy’, such as elves, dwarves, and the like. These individuals possess sentient thought in the traditional sense, and for the purposes of Shadows Surrounding, are considered playable origins. Others are noted as being of classical mythological ‘monsterous’ origins, such as minotaurs or medusa. For the purposes of Shadows Surrounding, these types will be solely encounters for Everyday Heroes.
Memories
Documentation notes prior to the Atlanta Incident that when a Traveler had crossed over, very little of their memory remained, having left it back at their point of origin. Simple information, such as name and age, is carried over; more detailed information such as land of origin or fine details of what they had been doing prior tend to not follow with the Traveler.

Following events in 2014, culminating with the Atlanta Incident, it is believed now post-Atlanta more information is retained by a Traveler, and they simply have temporary amnesia and confusion due to magical energy backlash when crossing realms. Incidents in 2023 recorded by OSPA teams note a return of partial memories by those who have arrived prior to 2014. Travelers arriving post-2014 are being noted with more frequency as having more memories than their earlier counterparts.

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