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<blockquote data-quote="Strutinan" data-source="post: 581877" data-attributes="member: 9267">Back in the early days of 3e, I had a psionics system idea that I scrapped because it resembled magic too much.Essentiall, all effects where driven by a serries of &quot;Trained Only&quot; skills.&nbsp; One skill per effect category: body manipulation, elemental forces, material manipulation, ect.Each skill had a set of tables that listed what effects it could produce.&nbsp; The most basic of effects had a &quot;rank cost&quot; of zero, with better effects having increasing rank costs.&nbsp; Range, casting time,&nbsp; and duration had rank costs as well.&nbsp; You had to have at least one rank left after designing the effect you want to use in order to &quot;cast&quot; it.At the end of the casting time, you make a skill check to &quot;cast&quot; the spell.&nbsp; If you make DC 10 then the spell is cast, but the effort gives you &quot;power shock&quot; a splitting headache that lasts for days (1d6 temp Int, Wis, and Cha damage).&nbsp; If you make DC 15 then the spell is cast, and it only exhausts you (2d6 subdual damage).&nbsp; If you make DC 20 then the spell is cast flawlessly, no side effects.Thats about as far as I got, edited for magical terminology of course.&nbsp; Maybe you could go with something similar?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Strutinan, post: 581877, member: 9267"] Back in the early days of 3e, I had a psionics system idea that I scrapped because it resembled magic too much. Essentiall, all effects where driven by a serries of "Trained Only" skills. One skill per effect category: body manipulation, elemental forces, material manipulation, ect. Each skill had a set of tables that listed what effects it could produce. The most basic of effects had a "rank cost" of zero, with better effects having increasing rank costs. Range, casting time, and duration had rank costs as well. You had to have at least one rank left after designing the effect you want to use in order to "cast" it. At the end of the casting time, you make a skill check to "cast" the spell. If you make DC 10 then the spell is cast, but the effort gives you "power shock" a splitting headache that lasts for days (1d6 temp Int, Wis, and Cha damage). If you make DC 15 then the spell is cast, and it only exhausts you (2d6 subdual damage). If you make DC 20 then the spell is cast flawlessly, no side effects. Thats about as far as I got, edited for magical terminology of course. Maybe you could go with something similar? [/QUOTE]

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