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Originally Posted by Plane
B235/M6:
a mage who spends FP to cast a spell on his turn gets those FP back at the start of his next turn
I am wondering, does this exclude refunds if paying for spells' energy costs through other means other than one's FP pool?
There are a lot of other ways of fueling energy costs that have built up so I'm not sure how VHM policy applies to their use.
01) spending from Burning HP (B237/M8)
02) spending from Powerstone (M69) or Manastone (M70)
03) spending from Share Energy (M89)
04) spending from Draw Power (M180-1)
05) spending from Energy Reserve (P119/T50)
06) spending from Energy Orb (Dungeon Magic 19 left)
07) spending from Transference Bolt (Dungeon Magic 19 right)
08) spending from Blood Pool (F167/8)
09) spending from Meditative Magic (F161)
10) spending from Point Debt (F162)
12) spending from Black Magic (M156)
13) spending from Assisting Spirits (T90)
14) spending from Essence (T51)
15) spending from Paut (T52 left)
16) spending from Cone (T52 right)17) spending from Static Power Supplies (T53) like ley line power channels
18) spending from Sacrifices (T54-55)
19) spending from Familiars (B38/T50/DF5p20)
20) spending from Vitality Reserve (Pyramid 3/75 pg 20)
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Not the mage spending their own FP, so they wouldn't get extra FP just because they cast a spell. The rule is just a way to say "the spell is free", though it's worded to make it very fast recovery, and thus leave you low on FP until the start of turn. (Saying that "all spells cost 0" would have different effects, especially on the size of spell you can cast, as well as that moment of weakness.) Accumulated divine favor (like Mediation on T52) simiilarly isn't personal energy, and you don't get that favor/tolerance back from the god/spirit/whatever just because it's a high mana area.
If items recharge faster (like Powerstones), they'll have (or need) their own rule. Potions like Paut don't recharge. The casters involved in a ritual (Cone, Share Energy) might individually recharge faster, but the director of the ritual doesn't get the full FP cost of the ritual back, personally.
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11) spending from Corruption (H147)
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This one I'd allow (for regular magic use), because the corruption isn't the source of the energy. The mage doesn't recover the Corruption, but they can have the FP back. If you want to cast a whole lot of Corrupting magic quickly in a high-mana area, that comes with its own limiting cost that has nothing to do with FP. (Might be fun to put in a VH mana area for those casters just to tempt them.)