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Message: <blockquote data-quote="xiphumor" data-source="post: 8796137" data-attributes="member: 7033055">So I like the basic idea of tying magical energy to land from a world-building perspective, but as a mechanic I have some problems with it on a conceptual level.1. The Narrator has to constantly decide which spell schools are available in a given place, and there are a lot. If you’re going to go this route, I would maybe follow MtG’s example and have maybe five or so basic schools that all spells can be tied to. Then the Narrator can make quick, rough choices about which categories the land falls under and proceed with the game.2. This seems like it has a lot of potential for the O5e ranger problem, where a character never gets to use the abilities they most enjoy because they’re never in the right situations. It significantly limits the tools available to players and doesn’t give much back in return.3. Some spells are best employed in spaces where their elements are not already in place. Freedom of Movement comes to mind.4. This creates some weird character incentives. If I think I’ll need an affliction spell in a coming fight, I now need to torture something in order to make sure I have access to it.5. Just a point I noticed: if undead magic requires you to be in a place where undead have already been, how did undead magic ever start?</blockquote>