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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 2100971" data-attributes="member: 83">Henry,Drain: Base Drain is 1d8 - current spell energy of non-lethal damage (with a minimum of 1 regardless of the roll).  Any time you augment spells, the drain increases.  Divided the final Magic Use DC by 5 (round down) to get the additional drain.  So an augmented spell whose final DC is 57 would create drain of 1d8+11-current spell energy in non-lethal damage (minimum of 1)Spell Preparation: You can prepare some spells in advance.  This is similar to regular spell casting in that you "pre-cast" the spell and complete it with a standard action.  However, if you take damage, there is chance of losing the stored effect.  If you fall unconscious, you lose all stored effects.  You can store a number of effects equal to your INT modifier.  This is useful for prepping "big bang" spells in advance, since you could really crank up the DC...takes downtime to cast all but the initiator action and hit some damn high DCs.Mindset: Don't limit yourself to the typical D20 spell casting engine mindset.  You can achieve some very powerful effects with the BCCS system, but most aren't going to be as instantaneous as normal D20.  For instance, you could create a Wards Emanation (Fire Protection 10) of 10' radius for 10 rounds for a total Magic Use DC of 53.  This would require 8 actions (4 rounds of full-time casting).  But how do you get there with a Magic Use bonus of 33?  Adding in a somatic prop, a material prop and a fetish prop gives you a +12 boost to Magic Use, for a total of 45...allowing you to hit your DC 53 by taking 10 - you just need to wave your arms, throw a pinch of sulfer in the air and wave a fancy stick and you are good to go.Of course, you would need a bit of time to pull this off (4 rounds minimum), although you can take other actions while casting the spell.  Since Fightin' Tony is 1st magnitude, he can delay up to 1 round between casting actions.  So, assuming a spell that results in a 4-action casting time, he could start casting (1 action), move, load a crossbow, continue casting (1 action), move, fire the crossbow, continue casting (1 action), continue casting (1 action) over a 4 round period.  However, each "break" in the casting action requires a successful concentration check against the spell DC.  Failure increases the DC by +4.  In this example, he would have 2 "breaks", neccessitating 2 concentration checks.There is no way to "speed up" a spell.Hope this helps a bit...~ OO</blockquote>

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