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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 961493" data-attributes="member: 63">The revisions will be available for free, but mind you it won't contain everything you need for a full spellcasting system.  We're including revisions of everything that was in the original EOM, but the lion's share of new material, like rules for magic item creation, prestige classes, really complex spells, and other nifty stuff will be in a sequel book that we're planning, Lyceian Arcana.  We won't get the official green light on that book unless people respond favorably to the revisions, but I'm enheartened to see people liking them already.  The revisions will also include a small teaser of Lyceian Arcana.Oh, and to address the concerns mentioned above, about too many spell lists and the slowness of creating spells from scratch, I think you'll like how we've fixed things.  The new rules use "signature spell" rules.  Normal spellcasting takes a full-round action, but you can have a number of signature spells equal to your caster level plus your Int modifier, which can be cast as a standard action.  A signature spell is a specific usage of a spell list.  For example, Evoke Lightning 12 could be a crackling cone of electricity, a single streaking missile, or a surging blade of blue energy, and you could choose any of these or numerous others, but casting them would require a free action.  However, you might have the signature spell "Bolt from the Blue," which you can cast as a standard action.  If the situation demands a specific type of spell, you can always take longer and make it, but usually you'll want to rely on signature spells.Bolt from the BlueEvoke Lightning 12Components: V, SRange: Medium (150 ft.)Duration: InstantaneousArea of Effect: 20-ft. radius Saving Throw: Reflex half, plus specialSpell Resistance: YesBolt from the Blue causes a stroke of lightning to fall from above, dealing 12d6 points of lightning damage to creatures and objects in the area of effect.  Creatures damaged by this spell must succeed a Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round.  Thereafter, creatures that fail their save must make another Fortitude save each round, until they succeed and break out of the stun, or until 5 more rounds pass. This spell is about equivalent to a 6th level spell in standard D&D terms.Additionally, we've reduced the number of spell lists you automatically learn, but increased the options for using new spells.  If you find a spellbook, you'll be able to try to cast spells out of it, even if you don't know them, but doing so takes a long time, costs MP just like a normal spell, and carries a risk of failure.  You know how mages are always getting tempted by dark powers that might be beyond their control?  Well, we have ways of handling that in game.</blockquote>

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