Topic: Regarding spell casting
I like how real LofFP rules feel, a lot. It makes the stakes that much higher in a game. But I have a few questions/reservations regarding casting spells.
1. PCB: Rules & Magic (PCB) under Preparing Spells Each Day states that “Spells remain in memory until they are cast, and once they are cast, the power of the spell leaves the caster. However, the same spell can be prepared multiple times.”
Let’s take 4th lv Cleric for example. She can cast 3 spells of lv 1 and 1 spell of lv 2. Does that mean, that if she wants to cast Cure light wounds (CLW) 2 times she has to allocate 2 of the spell slots for that, thus effectively reducing the number of 1st lv spells prepared to only 2 (2 slots for CLW and the remaining 1 for other spells), instead of 3? So the prepared spells would look like this – 1 lv: CLW, CLW, Bless; 2 lv: Augury. If she wanted to cast CLW for the 3rd time – she could not? Or can she prepare 3 different 1 lv spells and cast them any way she likes?
2. Can a spell be cast at a higher lv? If the Cleric from before wanted to cast CLW again, but had no 1st lv spell slots available and only the 2nd spell slot was free.
3. As far as I understand anyone able to cast spells can cast them even if wearing plate armor (lightly encumbered). They are not limited to just leather armor or robes.
4. Casting and movement. PCB says that “A character wishing to cast a spell cannot drop anything at the beginning of the Round or move at all during the whole of the Round. His attention must be on casting the spell for the entire Round.” That seems to me to be very detrimental, though quite convincing. There are almost no spells that require the target to be in the line of sight, that could be cast during combat (damage wise), but the inability to move on your round, at all, if you want to cast a spell is so limiting. Furthermore – if you were hurt you can’t cast either. If you retreat, without being attacked, or step 10 ft from the cover – you can’t cast.
Am I missing something? Sorry for a long rant.
I will try to talk some of my 5e players to give LotFP a try, but these things I know will be very hard for them to digest.