ALT GURPS II: Last Gasp (new optional FP rules from Pyramid)

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by Kuroshima

The thing is, a spell can easily cost 5+ FP. That's once per hour (though with Recover Energy 20, you recover 5 FP in 10 minutes). However, 5+ FP under a 1 FP->10 APs exchange rate results in a 50 AP cost, that back converts to 9 FP for an HT 10 individual. Mind you, a 5 FP cost spell isn't a particularly strong one (you need to go to 8-10 FP ones for that).

Yeah, I'm not really seeing a middle ground that will make combat-casting multiple spells feasible without also making non-combat usage basically free. If I use The Last Gasp article in a game with magic (which I intend to do at some point) I'll probably require spells to be cast from a magical ER (recovering at the basic 1 per 10 minutes, faster with the Recover Energy spell). 5-10 AP for Extra Effort and the like feels fair though.