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DFRPG / Casting more spells
« on: October 15, 2013, 12:33:33 AM »
The DFRPG rules do a pretty great job of modeling the universe we see in the books. There are a few exceptions though. One of the biggest things I've noticed lacking in the rules is a way for characters to cast more spells over time.
In the books, as Harry progresses and becomes a more powerful wizard, his spells grow more powerful, and he's also able to cast more of them before he starts getting worn out. The rules do a good job of modeling the former, they don't do a good job at all with the latter. In fact, there really are no ways to increase the number of spells you can cast. You cap out at 4 points of mental stress with 3 points of conviction (which any spellcaster should be starting with), and there are no toughness powers for mental stress like there are for physical. And as far as I've found, there are no ways to avoid the mental stress from casting a spell.
Has anyone else thought this was an issue in need of fixing and tried to come up with ways around it? Basically, it seems like you'd need to either be able to cast some spells (likely pretty weak ones) without taking any stress at all, or somehow increase your boxes of mental stress.
In the books, as Harry progresses and becomes a more powerful wizard, his spells grow more powerful, and he's also able to cast more of them before he starts getting worn out. The rules do a good job of modeling the former, they don't do a good job at all with the latter. In fact, there really are no ways to increase the number of spells you can cast. You cap out at 4 points of mental stress with 3 points of conviction (which any spellcaster should be starting with), and there are no toughness powers for mental stress like there are for physical. And as far as I've found, there are no ways to avoid the mental stress from casting a spell.
Has anyone else thought this was an issue in need of fixing and tried to come up with ways around it? Basically, it seems like you'd need to either be able to cast some spells (likely pretty weak ones) without taking any stress at all, or somehow increase your boxes of mental stress.