Variable fatigue and casting time

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Originally Posted by Gnome

B) seems a more straightforward interpretation, but I kind of like A). A spell like Mass Sleep is basically useless in combat, even at skill 20, unless you use interpretation A).

Well, Mass Sleep gets one second shaved off as well, dropping it from 3 seconds to 2 seconds (at a 2 hex radius), which will make some difference in combat, but spells like Mass Sleep are the reason I want a clarification. Pity it's the wrong time of year to get this into my head.