improvement to magic system

[lordraleigh]

The way you learn the a certain way won't make difference on whether you use one or another spell.

Spells aren't like swords. With swords, if you practice only with rapiers you will become better with them. But all spells work based on the same techniques, and require the same procedures, just with the change of gestures, magic words or whatever trigger is used for it in PS(Unless clearly stated otherwise on the Settings).

There's a difference between the skills for using a rapier and on the ones for using  a broadsword

There's no difference on the skills needed to cast a flame spell or a meteor(Except the latter requires a better development of the same skill used by both)

[Allive]

ah well tou yourr last comment you see you have just proven what i have said say red way is the rapier now swordman usualy have there own sword that they feell comfortable with right ? well in saying tht if they had the rapier i.e red way in this and there custom rapier i.e meteor then the more they practice with it the better they are with it and more things they can do with said rapier. however give them another rapier that has a change of feture or something that they arent use to and they aint as affective this just adding wieght to my idea. no you also said they wouldnt be effective with say a broad sword that correct witch would be say brown way they would have to train to use a broadsword in this case brown way. they would also again most likely get the feal for a single sword thus again allowing him to do more. and again given a different broad sword would propably feel out fo place again so he wouldnt be as affective.

[cyber]

ok call this necroing but it was on page 5 and i started from the back and well i like what he is saying like you said once you have meteror there is no reason for you to cast any other spell so what the heck? this is going to the ONE-Spell-to-rule-them-all style magic and that is not what ps is about

[Donari Tyndale]

Oh, there is a reason. It is called time. Flame Burst is far more effective since meteor requires much more time to cast.

[Wodaj]

[I'd say allive has a great, but very basic, idea. There is so much that could be done and it would be more interesting to have your single favorite spell advance farther, I may be able to type well or not but I can type certain things better than others, tis the same area of skill isn't it?(this to be a differing possibility/metaphor thingy to the rapier/broadswords one.)

[There are probably loads of ways this idea could be a successful and FAIR idea but you haven't quite gotten it yet Allive. ( It's 3am atm and it's not actaully Wodaj but his twin Modnar.) Actaully another idea could be that the spell is customisable to the caster for their purpose, for example, a person may choose speed and sacrifice power or vice-versa or simply change the way the spell looks when cast. (Though of course any of what I've just suggested would probably mean either a lot of tinkering or a much later stage of the game.)]