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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2460685" data-attributes="member: 63">I've sent out the art call, though I haven't heard back from one artist for about a week. My hope is to get the art in by next Monday, then lay it out in about a week, so we can release it in the days leading up to Gen Con.Right now I'm toying with a slight variant. Originally to cast spells you had to make spellcasting checks, which I intended to use to balance the system because if you failed then you took a penalty to further spells. I think now I'm leaning toward no skill checks, and having spellcasting just temporarily reduce the level of spells you have access to for a short term.The main thing that's been giving me trouble is that some spells are incredibly useful when you can cast them an unlimited number of times. I think I'm just going to recost those things, require extra costs for a few, and hopefully it will balance out. If it doesn't work, I can keep the current system, but I prefer not to require unnecessary checks. It's bad enough when a foe makes a save to resist a spell, but if you flub your own spell, that sucks.The spells that are a problem are basically Cure spells. I'm perfectly fine with PCs attacking each other with magic (guns can do that), creating things they need (money can do that), or compelling people to do things (guns or money can do that), but healing people is a miracle. It should be hard and special.Anyway, I'm rambling. I oughta get back to work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 2460685, member: 63"] I've sent out the art call, though I haven't heard back from one artist for about a week. My hope is to get the art in by next Monday, then lay it out in about a week, so we can release it in the days leading up to Gen Con. Right now I'm toying with a slight variant. Originally to cast spells you had to make spellcasting checks, which I intended to use to balance the system because if you failed then you took a penalty to further spells. I think now I'm leaning toward no skill checks, and having spellcasting just temporarily reduce the level of spells you have access to for a short term. The main thing that's been giving me trouble is that some spells are incredibly useful when you can cast them an unlimited number of times. I think I'm just going to recost those things, require extra costs for a few, and hopefully it will balance out. If it doesn't work, I can keep the current system, but I prefer not to require unnecessary checks. It's bad enough when a foe makes a save to resist a spell, but if you flub your own spell, that sucks. The spells that are a problem are basically Cure spells. I'm perfectly fine with PCs attacking each other with magic (guns can do that), creating things they need (money can do that), or compelling people to do things (guns or money can do that), but healing people is a miracle. It should be hard and special. Anyway, I'm rambling. I oughta get back to work. [/QUOTE]

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