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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 2583203" data-attributes="member: 3051">It worked pretty well in practice; you ended up with a few different styles of elemental mages.  Some went for the outer elements, giving them lots of flexibility, while others specialized on the axial elements for more raw power.  Most mixed and matched; my mage used Divination, Water, and Force, with a bit of Life and Planar thrown in.  (Custom class; think of it as a Psion that burns HP, with more specialized spell lists.)The axial system was also nice, because instead of elements being purely "opposing", you actually thought of them more as two extremes of the same underlying concept.  So, a Force mage had a natural bonus to Earth and Air magic.  I suppose you could try creating a pseudoelemental caster PrC that specializes in opposed elements, but I'm not sure how well that'd work for your system.</blockquote>