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<blockquote data-quote="carpedavid" data-source="post: 1063922" data-attributes="member: 6971">I was really impressed with the &quot;incantation&quot; system in Urban Arcana. I think it could be adapted to D&amp;D without too much trouble. It features repeated skill checks over long periods of time, secondary casters as a mitigating factor, and magical backlash for failed casting.From looking at the system, I get the mental image of a group of evil cultists in an underground cave all chanting for hours on end to summon up something unspeakable. Alternately, I can picture a group of druids holding a nature ritual in a hidden grove, or a cabal of high wizards locked in a tower while they bend space-time to their will.There are a couple of drawbacks to the system as it is currently written: first, since it is designed for d20 Modern, the system has a lower magic feel than most D&amp;D worlds do. This is something that would take a little bit of work to adapt.Second, it is designed to use skill checks in order to allow anyone to perform a ritual. Again, this is something that makes sense for d20 Modern, but doesn't fit right into most D&amp;D worlds. You could always require that ritual casters must be spellcasters of some sort, perhaps requiring that they expend a spell slot of some level while casting the spell.Third, the incantation system is the only thing I found interesting in Urban Arcana, and UA is not a cheap book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="carpedavid, post: 1063922, member: 6971"] I was really impressed with the "incantation" system in Urban Arcana. I think it could be adapted to D&D without too much trouble. It features repeated skill checks over long periods of time, secondary casters as a mitigating factor, and magical backlash for failed casting. From looking at the system, I get the mental image of a group of evil cultists in an underground cave all chanting for hours on end to summon up something unspeakable. Alternately, I can picture a group of druids holding a nature ritual in a hidden grove, or a cabal of high wizards locked in a tower while they bend space-time to their will. There are a couple of drawbacks to the system as it is currently written: first, since it is designed for d20 Modern, the system has a lower magic feel than most D&D worlds do. This is something that would take a little bit of work to adapt. Second, it is designed to use skill checks in order to allow anyone to perform a ritual. Again, this is something that makes sense for d20 Modern, but doesn't fit right into most D&D worlds. You could always require that ritual casters must be spellcasters of some sort, perhaps requiring that they expend a spell slot of some level while casting the spell. Third, the incantation system is the only thing I found interesting in Urban Arcana, and UA is not a cheap book. [/QUOTE]

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