[Gumby Bush]

Another take on Least Enchanting:

Least Enchantment
College: Enchantment

Casting Time: as for Enchant
Cost: as for Enchant
Duration: until the item has been used once or 1 month, whichever is longer. Duration can be increased by a multiple equal to a multiplier on energy cost for Least Enchantment

Allows enchanting Least Spells into items, but is only temporary for the same energy cost as regular Enchant. Cost for such items should be reduced as such enchanters are more common, the items are less valuable, and so the enchanters should receive a lower wage.

Prerequisites: Optionally, one might still require spells from 10 different colleges, but permit Least Spells to fill this role.

Enchanting (Spell)
College: Enchantment, same as specialized spell.

Allows you to learn a spell, but only for the purposes of enchanting, and only for use with Minor Enchant. It's energy cost remains as for the original spell: it does not use the standard enchantment costs of Least Spells. Specializations of VH spells may count as H and require Magery, at the GM's option.

This second is essentially using the Optional Specialization route, which I think AlexanderHowl came up with.

Prerequisites: as original spell, but prerequisite spells may optionally be replaced with Enchanting (Prerequisite).



A whole ecology of spells which only work with other Least Spells could be built up. For instance:

Least Dispelling
Area; College: Meta

As Dispel Magic, but only works on Least Spells. Optionally, it may also work on any spell where the caster has given you direct and explicit permission to dispel the spell, making it a Magic Cleanup spell for lackeys of overzealous enchanters. It might also work at -5 against spells cast by dead (not undead) wizards.

Casting Time: 2 seconds per energy point spent
Base Cost: 2
Duration: Instantaneous.
Prerequisites: A GM might require prerequisites (12-15 other spells, perhaps), or leave it open as a cheap Magic-cleaning spell.