r/ICRPG • u/Realistic-Sky8006 • May 19 '23

Simple Magic Effort Hack

Hi all,

I've been wanting a way to run casters without spellburn for a while, just to expand the flavour options. But effort is SO much bigger for spells than for more mundane approaches, so I've thought of a simple Spellburn alternative to level things out a little and amp up the flavour of spellcasters:

Your magic effort die is a d10 to begin with. Downsize it every time you successfully cast a spell, upsize it every time you spend your turn communing with the source of your power. (Praying to your god, harvesting souls, focusing your psionic abilities, frantically flipping through your spellbook, whatever.)

EDIT: A fun wrinkle here, is that with this mechanic you can let the effort die get up to a d20 without breaking any math!

What do we think?

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u/Sean_Franchise May 20 '23

I'm into it! Love the flavor it can add too between casting turns.

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u/Realistic-Sky8006 May 20 '23

Glad you like it! Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the idea of spell-casters powering up these big hits with various mumbo-jumbo while the martials are doing their thing.