[Zarmonic]

Ok. I've done up a sheet with my rewritten version of the rules. Anyone interested is welcome to check it out and see if it makes sense to them.

Use the Chart to determine the casters safe threshold

With that information, calculate the spell’s Malf Number. This is used to determine if a critical failure was rolled during the process of accumulating the energy or casting the spell.

The base number is 16 with the reverse of the modifiers applied.

Note that it’s possible to have a number as high as 19. If this is the case, play it out in detail instead.

Roll 3d and check vs the spell’s Malf Number.

If the roll is underneath Malf Number then the spell is successful.
If the roll is exactly the Malf Number, there is a critical failure resulting in a botch based on half the spell’s energy
If the roll is over the Malf Number, there is a critical failure resulting in a botch based the spell’s full energy