Making a diffgerent magic system

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Jakman217

They can be found naturally and mined like any other resource. I'm sorry if I didn't say that explicitly. There is only one way a person can make them, but there is more than one way to get them. They would be common enough that everyone could technically have a small one. They would be like cars in our world. Fairly expensive to get, but everyone just about everyone has one.

ahh... yeah, that changes everything. Actually, it turns them into one of the most universal currencies for long distance training ever.

How are you planning to do the time limit or energy cost? I'd tend to make them trade off poorly: some things just take energy, some things just take time, and some things just take skill.

For the mana points, if you start out with ST*5, the cost for more points should be under two, as anything else just encourages buying ST. I'd say 3 or 2 CP gets you another 5 MP, (I'm comparing to FP and HP). Enforce limits similar to HP and FP though, making sure its fairly close to ST. Note this will encourage high ST characters unless you up the cost of ST. It also makes it so ST is no longer the sum of its parts (you may or may not care about that).

I'd personally charge 12 points for ST, with 2 points giving you 5 MP, but I'm a mathematical stick in the mud about these things.

[Jakman217]

How are you planning to do the time limit or energy cost? I'd tend to make them trade off poorly: some things just take energy, some things just take time, and some things just take skill.

I would probably say that instant attacks would take energy, while drawn out spells take time to cast.

For the mana points, if you start out with ST*5, the cost for more points should be under two, as anything else just encourages buying ST. I'd say 3 or 2 CP gets you another 5 MP, (I'm comparing to FP and HP). Enforce limits similar to HP and FP though, making sure its fairly close to ST. Note this will encourage high ST characters unless you up the cost of ST. It also makes it so ST is no longer the sum of its parts (you may or may not care about that).

I'd personally charge 12 points for ST, with 2 points giving you 5 MP, but I'm a mathematical stick in the mud about these things.

That does make sense, having MP cost 3 points for 5, although, I don't know if bumping ST up would be a good idea. Having it forced between 15 points plus or minus the given amount I think would be a fair amount.
What do you think of switching it to HT instead of ST?

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Jakman217

That does make sense, having MP cost 3 points for 5, although, I don't know if bumping ST up would be a good idea. Having it forced between 15 points plus or minus the given amount I think would be a fair amount.

What do you think of switching it to HT instead of ST?

HT is about how healthy or well built something is. A cockroach has a high HT (12+, depending on your game), while sickly whale has a low HT (8 or so, depending on the whale). Mass is based on ST.

[Jakman217]

Originally Posted by ericthered

HT is about how healthy or well built something is. (......). Mass is based on ST.

Ok, that makes sense. MP being based off of HT seems to make a little more sense to me. Because the Hyperboreans, a lost precursor race, are very magically adept, yet physically weaker than humans.