[House Rule]: Wizard's Communion

[Arthur]

@YR7

I am not clear why you lower the spell's level instead of adding to the casting roll, however. I'm not sure there is much of a difference, but increasing the casting total means that there is no reduction of time for casting rituals (which seems sensible to me), and that it lends itself more readily to thinking of "powerful magic".

Similarly, I don't like the fact that your version of WC reduces raw vis costs. I think raw vis costs and time for ritual spells should remain as they are. If anything, the WC should make the rituals more complex and elaborate, not easier and simpler!

The reason I lower the magnitude instead of increasing the casting total is that I use this house rule to calculate the spell levels (the variant). I just didn't want to go into the complexity of that other house rule at the same time.

Good point about the time. I agree that using WC should not make it quicker to perform rituals. I'll add a note on that. (OTOH, I don't think it should make it more complex and elaborate, either.)

@YR7

Mercurian Magic can reduce raw vis costs of rituals, and allow free Communion levels, as it does now. If you wish, it can add an extra +5, for a total of +10 - or alternatively +2 per magnitude of WC, under my suggested variant - so that Mercurian communions recreate the power-level of RAW ones.

The thing is, I don't want WC to be used only to gain higher penetration (which is its primary use right now, particularly for magi with MM). I want it to allow magi to be able to cast more powerful spells they wouldn't be able to cast otherwise, and more cheaply for rituals.

What I did with MM was give it the equivalent of a +10 bonus to learn/invent rituals spells, which brings back a reason for them to use WC to be able to cast their higher-level rituals. And the vis-reduction feature of my house-WC means that MM have some incentive to use WC for the casting of rituals with those without MM.