[RPM] High Energy Cost spells (Example Body of Shadow)

[Langy]

Originally Posted by ronalmb

No, not overlooking them. But am observing that needing to be kitted out to the gills to safely attempt Body of Shadows and other spells I consider more mid-ranged isn't proving to be as compatible with my goals as I would like. I can fluff out grimoires to be something other than tomes and workplace kits is a little to academic sounding for the type of sorcery I am trying to force RPM to be, methinks.

The suggestion proving to be most useful so far is to revisit the Lesser/Greater effects and be a little more friendly on what is a Lesser spell and instead of using cost multipliers I'm going to impose penalties to the casting rolls instead. This will make the channeling of energy for larger spells a little friendlier while making it more likely that casters attempting spells beyond their ability will fail the casting portion.

Again, Body of Shadows isn't mid-ranged: it's the most expensive ritual that's been published! 'The most expensive option' is in no way a 'mid-range' option.

If you feel that Body of Shadows should be cheaper because you don't see it being worth as much as a ritual that can unavoidably disintegrate someone or curse an entire kingdom or whatever, then you should probably alter the assumptions going into the ritual rather than try and make mid-range casters able to do anything that a 350-point ritual can do.