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Originally Posted by Zoomfarg
Looks like we're both a bit off. According to p. 77, at 29+ the caster must succeed in a will roll equal to the bonus to the calamity check, or the casting fails. Which makes failure really probable, but not automatic.
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I was wrong about energy costs to penalty. I forgot to divide by 5. So you roll at +18 to Calamity and at -18 to Will at 120 pts of Tally. A roll of Will-18 is more than just a "likely" failure though. It's "roll a natural 3 to succeed".
You also get the Calamity even if/when the spell fails.
I've always assumed that threshold mages who don't limit themselves sharply to very near their Threshold either are self-limiting or hunted down like rabid dogs. I can't see a society where rolling high on the Calamity table is done routinely for things like Enchantment would ever work.
Anyway, out OP is probably well past the stage where large and fundamental rules variations like Threshold Magery can be introduced. There are still things beyond Powerstones though.