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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 256698" data-attributes="member: 1645">Agreed.  The easiest way to integrate it is to simply remove all spellcasting classes.  "Wizards" are Experts who've paid the Sanity cost to learn a few spells.  This has the pleasant side-effect of making Wizards scholars on just about every topic.  It also gives an explanation for all those magical labyrinths in odd places.  Mad wizards do mad things...If you want more magic than is practical under typical CoC rules, let wizards make a Spellcraft roll to avoid Sanity loss.  This has a few interesting effects.  If the roll is difficult enough (e.g. DC 15 + 2 x spell level), then wise wizards will hold off on studying and using powerful spells until they've mastered the basics.  Foolish wizards, on the other hand, have been given enough rope to hang themselves.  This seems like a cornerstone of the genre, and I like the way this mechanic could work.</blockquote>