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Message: <blockquote data-quote="craftyrat" data-source="post: 1039523" data-attributes="member: 8306">I've been working on a mana point spell casting system, and I thought I would throw it out here for comments.  The system is designed to be both more flexible and yet not give higher level spell casters such a huge number of spells to choose from.  It is somewhat similar to the WoT weave system.  It is math-heavy.  I'm including just a few of the spells (weaves?):(mp = mana points)AllFocus (+1 to save DC, +15%; +2 to save DC, +30%)Penetrating (-2 to SR, +15%; -4 to SR, +45%)Quickened (+100%)Silent (+50%)Still (+50%)Detect (evil, good, undead, poison, magic, secret doors)Casting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-10%); 1 Turn (-15%)Range: Close; Medium (+25%); Long (+50%)Duration: 1 round; 1 round/level (+20%); 1 minute/level (+40%); 1 hour/level (+100%)Area of Effect: 1 creature/object/5' square2 mpAny one type of detectionSaving Throw: Will save to negateAdditional type of detection (+50%)Area Effect (+25% per 5' radius)Elemental Attack (fire, acid, cold, lightning, sonic)Casting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-10%); 1 Turn (-25%)Range: Close; Medium (+20%); Long (+40%)Saving Throw: Reflex save for half1 mp per 1d4 damage, 2 mp per 1d6 damage, 3 mp per 1d8 damage (max 1 die per caster level)Area Effect (+20% per 5' radius)Bolt (as lightning bolt; +25%)Cone Effect (all range costs are tripled) (+25%)Delayed (up to 5 rounds) (+35%)Maximized (+50%)Piercing (half appropriate resistance, +30%; quarter resistance 75%)Ranged Touch Attack required (-50%)Specials: Cold (Slow for 1d6 rounds, Fort to resist, +20%); Fire (continue burning doing 2 hd of damage less each round, with a Reflex save allowed each round to end the burning, +50%), Sonic (deafen for 2d6 rounds, Fort to resist, +15%)Elemental Resistance (fire, acid, cold, lightning, sonic)Casting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-5%); 1 Turn (-10%)Duration: 1 round/level; 1 minute/level (+20%); 1 hour/level (+75%)Range: Touch; Close (+10%); Medium (+15%); Long (+20%)1 mp per 5 points of resistance (max 5 points per two caster levels, round up)Area Effect (+25% per additional target; all targets must be within 30' of each other; for an additional +40% targets can be anywhere in vision of the caster)Hardened (+50%; defeats Piercing)Protect against more than one elemental type simultaneously (+75% for each additional type, or +250% for universal resistance)FlightCasting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-5%); 1 Turn (-15%)Duration: 1 round/level; 1 minute/level (+20%); 10 minutes/level (+40%); 1 hour/level (+75%)Range: Touch; Close (+15%); Medium (+30%); Long (+50%)3 mp for Levitation6 mp for Flight, Speed 90, Average maneuverabilityFlight speed reduced by 1/3 in medium or heavy armor, 1/2 speed going up, 2x speed descendingIf flight is dispelled, fall at 60' per round for 1d6 roundsAdd feather fall for 10 rounds after flight ends or is dispelled (+10%)Increase maneuverability by one level (+30%)Increase speed by 10 (+20%)Mage ArmorCasting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-5%); 1 Turn (-10%)Range: Self onlyDuration: 1 round/level; 1 minute/level (+10%); 1 hour/level (+20%)1 mp per +1 of Deflection bonus to AC (maximum +5)Add a reflex save bonus (Cover) equal to the Deflection bonus (+40%)PoisonCasting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-10%); 1 Turn (-25%)Range: Touch; Close (+15%); Medium (+30%); Long (+60%)Duration: Instantaneous6 mp for 1d4/1d4 StrArea Effect (+10% per 5' radius)Change Damage to Con (+50%)Change Damage to Death (+250%)Change Damage to Dex (+10%)Change Damage to Paralyze (1 minute)/Paralyze (1 minute/level) (+50%)Increase Damage to 1d6 (+20%), 1d8 (+40%), 1d10 (+60%)Maximized (+120%)Resistance (Fort, Ref, Will)Casting Time: Standard Action; Full Round Action (-5%); 1 Turn (-10%)Duration: 1 round/level; 1 minute/level (+20%); 1 hour/level (+75%)Range: Touch; Close (+10%); Medium (+15%); Long (+20%)3 mp for +1 Resistance bonus to any one type of saving throw (maximum +5)Area Effect (+75% per additional target, all must be within 30' of each other; for an additional +40% targets can be anywhere in vision of the caster)Change type of bonus to Luck (+100%)Extra Saving Throw type (+100%)Skill BonusesCasting Time: Full Round Action; Standard Action (+10%); 1 Turn (-5%)Duration: 1 round; 1 round/level (+10%); 1 minute/level (+25%); 1 hour/level (+100%)Range: Touch; Close (+10%); Medium (+20%); Long (+30%)1 mp per point of increase (maximum +10)Additional Skill (+90% per additional skill raised by the same amount)Area Effect (+75% per additional target, all must be within 30' of each other; for an additional +40% targets can be anywhere in vision of the caster)Untrained (use for a skill normally not usable untrained, and for which the character has no ranks) (+35%)craftyrat</blockquote>

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