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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarkKestral" data-source="post: 3702493" data-attributes="member: 40100">For long term or especially powerful buffs or debuffs, as well as any 'item creation' spells, I'd go with longer recharges, or side effects of use that come with recharge times... or both. Forbiddance might be costly, because it takes a year and a day for the caster to 'regain' the magical energies spent casting it (so for a year and a day, the caster loses those spell points.. or he slowly regains them over the course of that year) because of it's permanency. Bull's Strength takes twice as long as it's duration to recharge, and gives a penalty to Str equal to it's buff during that duration. Healing could require the caster spending some of their own life (AE does this for spells that can repair lethal damage) to repair any deadly damage, else it only heals minor bruises. If you 'mitigate' spells by adding associated costs, it would help reduce the 'nova' ability of casters. I would also consider adding feats similar to Overchannel and Body Fuel.. These would increase the nova capacity, granted, but are designed to increase the negative consequences of the spells as well, and perhaps much more strongly.Now, in such a game, perhaps one of the ways to mitigate the negative consequences is scroll use or using the spell directly from a spell book (because the scroll or book has the magical energies already 'built-in' and thus doesn't cause the negative effects) so it encourages casters to use scrolls of spells they plan to use often, and thus cuts down on the ability of casters to purchase spiffy permanent items, as compared to the fighters who don't need as many one-shot items.I also agree that another means would be to limit each caster to a certain number of active 'effects' based on spell points, where the higher level the spell, the more spell points are required.I also feel that in such a system, Sorcs get boned. I'd just get rid of them entirely.</blockquote>

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