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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 1419913" data-attributes="member: 5435">Man, I didn't think that little mechanic would derail this thread!Personally, I'm quite comforable with the AU mechanic.  It makes sense to me (as a physicist) that fusing things together requires more energy than breaking them apart; the extra spell slot when trading up is the glue that holds the weaving together.As for the reason you can only trade down once, I think it's just because Monte didn't want one 9th level spell to generate 2^8 first-level spells!But I agree that a different mechanic would be more suitable for D&D magic.That's not a bad idea. It would make a great feat for spontaneous casters ingeneral:Unravel MagicFlavor Text: Spontaneous spellcasters can take the magical energy in a high-level slot and redistribute it into a number of lower-level slots.  This is a delicate operation, and requires above-average intuition.Requirement: Wis 13+,  spontaneous spellcasterBenefit: With 10 minutes of preparation, a spontaneous spellcaster can "unravel" a high-level spell slot and use that energy to recharge lower-level slots at a more favorable rate.  Unraveling a spell of level N in this way generates N-1 spell levels that can be distributed as desired among the lower level slots.Normal: A spontaneous caster can use a high-level spell slot to cast any one lower-level spell.Alternative mechanic: add a concentration skill roll; the better the roll, the more efficient the unraveling.Weave MagicRequirement: Int 13+, spontaneous spellcasterBenefit: One or more lower-level spells can be woven together into a high-level spell slot.  This requires a concentration skill roll with DC 10 +2 x the level of the slot being woven. (Weaving a 5th-level slot, for example, is DC20).  If this check is successful, the spellcaster sacrifices a number of slots with combined levels equal to 1.5 x the target slot (round down).Examples: A 1st level spell can be woven from 2 0-level spells (1.5 --> 1)A 2nd level spell can be woven from 3 1-level spells (3.0 --> 3)A 3rd level spell can be woven from 4 1-level spells or one 2nd and 2 1stA 4th level spell can be woven from a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-level slot, or from 3 second-level slotsetc...Overall this is a more favorable ratio, especially at high levels.--Ben--Ben</blockquote>

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