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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheYeti1775" data-source="post: 5800167" data-attributes="member: 20914">Just start the Athasian Age <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Incorporate the old casting times of 1E/2E to your spell lists.  They would become a negative modifier to the initiative of the player each round they cast.Let that modifier be adjusted by negative effects the Character is willing to endure.Use Fireball for a basic example.On average Wizards get it at 5th level for 5d6.3rd Level spell, lets start with a -3 mod to init in a round your casting it.Lets add in something like for every d6 past the 5d6 is an additional -1 to init for the round.  So a full 10d6 fireball would be -8 to Initiative for the round.Now for adjusting from there, just use the Athasian (i.e. Darksun) methods. Allow them to spend a hitpoint per adjustment or centered on them, 1' radius per point draining the land.Druids and rangers would hate an irresponsible (i.e. Evil) wizard naturally.For divine casters you could work out similar things for them as well.The big part is the initial work going through the spell list you have available to the players and giving the casting times to everything.  And what penalities are possible to elminate it.That's just a basic thought to it.  I used to like Casting Times and Weapon Speeds because it seemed to vary player choices a heck of a lot wider than in 3E in weapon/spell selections.</blockquote>

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