New Starting Character Options

[JLV]

Originally Posted by Tenex

Off topic, my apologies to the OP.

I don't like the new Staff spell. I dislike it as a mechanism to let wizards cast more spells and won't be using it. I will be continuing with my old house rule:

Wizards have mana equivalent to their IQ. They recover mana at 1/15 minutes. They cast spells from mana not ST. When they are out of mana they can cast from ST, but it causes real ST damage, not fST. If they are going to power a spell with their own lifeforce it is hugely damaging.

Back to the thread...

That's pretty much exactly the way I ran it for the past 30-plus years. So obviously, I think your house rule is perfect...