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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DanMcS" data-source="post: 352252" data-attributes="member: 6530">House rules, seeking comments.  DC/skill appropriateness, should these be feats, anything really.Grimoire CastingWhen wizards run out of spells, or don't prepare one they turn out to need, they're SOL for a day, especially at low levels.  Fantasy literature and film includes many examples of casting from spellbooks, so here's a rule for that.For any spell the wizard has in his spellbook at hand, he can cast it as a time-consuming ritual, with the following extra requirements.1.  Casting time is 10 minutes per level of the spell for spells with a normal casting time of 1 action or round (5 minutes for a cantrip).  Spells with a longer casting time take 10 minutes/level + normal casting time.  If you're interrupted during the casting time, make a concentration check as normal or lose the spell and make the fortitude save as described below.2.  At the end of the casting time, make a Concentration check at DC 15+ spell level.  If it succeeds, the spell casts normally.  If it fails, make a fortitude save at the same DC or take 1 point each of temporary Str and Dex loss from fatigue and uncontrolled power.This makes the extra spellcasting not so useful in combat, but a viable option for wizards who are out of options for the day and need an effect.Longer ConjurationNormal conjuration (summon monster I-IX) takes one round, and lasts 1 round/level.At casting time, wizards can opt to increase the casting time and lengthen the service of the conjuree proportionally.  Take a minute for the spell, duration is 1 minute/level.  Take an hour, duration is 1 hour/level.Dynamically altering the casting time like this requires the wizard to make a concentration check at DC 15+ spell level or the spell fizzles (with no other ill effects).This one seems pretty powerful to me, and may need to be a feat.</blockquote>

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