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

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

Sounds like Materia from FF7. To borrow an element from FF6 as well, you could have spirits be the holders of ancient knowledge. They may infuse objects with these arcane secrets, or perhaps the spirits themselves can be bound to an object. The latter could be pretty interesting... a wizard may have to negotiate with his grimoire before casting a spell!

I'd knock off -0.2 CF if you have to make a Reaction Roll to access the power of the grimoire in this case.

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

I agree with OP about that spell being ridiculously overpriced. Why is turning into a shadow for a very short time anywhere near the value of anything else of 350 energy?
You could raise the dead with that.

Because that's how the base system works. There are always going to be edge cases and outliers no matter what system you use. When such a instance causes a bad taste in your mouth, as a GM just rework it a little as has been suggested many times in this thread.