jgsugden
Legend
Spell points - I have a few NPC Psionic characters that use a modified version of the spell point system. It is fine, though abusable by players.I'm curious as to how well they worked for you, especially at higher levels. BONUS: what do you think of – instead of spell slots or spell points – using a spellcasting roll to see if a spell works or not?
I used to run a system where PCs had Magical Strength Points, and difficulty classes to cast a spell. Whenever you rolled to cast a spell, you'd add you magical strength to the roll. It would result in either casting it without cost, cast it with the effort reducing your strength, failing to cast, or catastrophic failure. You could splat simple spells all day and rarely, if ever, run down your strength. On the other hand, a low level wizard could try to cast a high level spell ... and if they were very lucky succeed. Or, they could blow up.
It was a fine system. It just wasn't D&D. It felt very different. I have not used it in a long time.