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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3189993" data-attributes="member: 28553">Yeah, same here: Never tried it, but--aside from the whole elemental setup--it looks like a really great set of mechanics.For those who haven't seen it, here's the basics: Every spell has a number called a Casting Threshold.  In order to cast a spell, a mage rolls a d20 and adds a BAB-like Spellcasting Bonus.  If the total reaches the Casting Threshold, the spell is cast.  If it falls short--which is very likely--the caster keeps that number, and rolls again next round, adding the new number to the previous total.  You can keep casting and piling up numbers until you finally reach the Casting Threshold.  However, every round you spend trying to cast, you need to make a Fort save against spellcasting strain, and the DC gets tougher each round you continue.  You take a little bit of nonlethal damage for each failed save . . . or lethal damage, in the case of "Void" spells (Void being the magic system's obligatory fifth element).There's also a cool little mechanic where you can willingly choose to be "tainted by Void", giving yourself a bonus with Void magic in return for suffering a penalty with other elements, and an inability to be healed magically.I'd love to see a similar system built for use with standard d20 spells, using spell levels rather than Casting Thresholds, but I expect it'd be a nightmare to balance.</blockquote>