Ziggurat Zagger
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Joined: Friday, 8th February 2013, 12:00
Remove Spellcasting skill
Examples:
1) character has 27 Earth and no other magic skills - character has the same MP as current character with 27 Spellcasting.
2) 27 Earth and 11 Conjurations - character has the same number of MP as current character with 19 ((27+11)/2) Spellcasting.
When the character casts Orb of Destruction, spell hunger is decreased by Int * 11 (average magic skill for the spell)
When the character casts Shatter, spell hunger is decreased by Int * 27 (average magic skill for the spell)
When the character casts Iron Shot, spell hunger is decreased by Int * 19 (average magic skill for the spell).
Advantages of the approach:
1) Haste/Swiftness/Deflect Missiles/Summon Butterflies etc is not a no-brainer. If your FE has 27 Fire and 27 Conjuration, it has maxed MP. If it adds 6 Charms, its MP is decreased to an equivalent of current Spellcasting 20 ((27+27+6)/3). If additionally it adds 5 Air, its MP is decreased to Spellcasting equivalent 16 ((27+27+6+4)/4).
2) You would need to actually train corresponding magic skill, if you want to use a spell efficiently because its spell power AND spell hunger greatly depends on magic skill. There is no universal magic skill that helps to cast everything. For example, you will not be able to summon many butterflies while having 0 Summoning.
3) Late game characters will be more varied.
4) Evocations and Invocation can be more useful for determining MP.
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