Replacing FP costs to cast spells

[Plane]

Originally Posted by Rupert

I would say that there's a set-up and put-down time cost that when you work in hour long units can be ignored, but when you're picking up the job for only 10 minutes at a time starts really eating into productivity.

As for why you stop at 6FP - for the average person with 10FP, -6FP is just above the 'less than 1/3rd FP' point where you are at 1/2 move and dodge. Thus it's just before the point where your average enchanter starts feeling completely wiped out. That's a good place to stop and recover.

Thus for most people 6FP per session is the sweet spot between keeping start and stop losses to a minimum and not completely exhausting yourself meet.

Makes sense, I guess I like the gritty idea that someone with merely 5 FP could only spend 3 FP to avoid that risk by doing half-hour sessions.

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Plane

Makes sense, I guess I like the gritty idea that someone with merely 5 FP could only spend 3 FP to avoid that risk by doing half-hour sessions.

They probably can, but the rules (reasonably, in my opinion), assume enchanters will have 6+ FP and thus can afford to work hour-long stretches.