Casting spells slowly

[Rick_Smith]

Originally Posted by Skarg

Seems to me that (if you care about it) you might consider making spending 10 extra seconds the norm for non-combat spells, and applying penalty for using less. Otherwise you increase the reliability of all non-combat spells by +2. (The hobgoblin apprentice guild will be thrilled, as will non-wizards.)

For a while I had a pretty nasty magic backlash table for if a wizards rolled a critical miss. But spells that were cast slowly and carefully (three times longer than the normal casting time), DID NOT roll on this table.

The PC's appreciated not having to roll, but in combat ... well on critical failures that table still saw use.

Warm regards, Rick.