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<blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 3417900" data-attributes="member: 20805">First... go back and read Tolkien to see the 'spells' actually cast by Gandalf the Grey....IIRC, in The Hobbit he cast... Pyrokinesis and....umm... lots of alchemy and fast talking. In this book he is more of a Merlin {the books} character where knowledge is power.&nbsp;{an argument could be made for a use of Hyponosis with the Trolls..but the duration was a couple hours...}Second.. I think your idea has merits... something that perhaps the next version of Elements of Magic {EoM) can go to.Use skills to gain access to the various elements that make up the spell, and use your sugested Magical Aptitude/Force as a means to cast it.Using EoM keeps people from estimating spell costs and using skill points forces a focus into specific areas. You could emulate the various classes by having certain skills cross-class or exlusive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Primitive Screwhead, post: 3417900, member: 20805"] First... go back and read Tolkien to see the 'spells' actually cast by Gandalf the Grey.... IIRC, in The Hobbit he cast... Pyrokinesis and....umm... lots of alchemy and fast talking. In this book he is more of a Merlin {the books} character where knowledge is power. {an argument could be made for a use of Hyponosis with the Trolls..but the duration was a couple hours...} Second.. I think your idea has merits... something that perhaps the next version of Elements of Magic {EoM) can go to. Use skills to gain access to the various elements that make up the spell, and use your sugested Magical Aptitude/Force as a means to cast it. Using EoM keeps people from estimating spell costs and using skill points forces a focus into specific areas. You could emulate the various classes by having certain skills cross-class or exlusive. [/QUOTE]

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