When we were in the initial planning phase of Fictorum, we wanted make a unique spell system that is simple, unencumbered, and powerful. Being a fantasy video game lover for most of my life, something that I had always craved, but rarely encountered while playing these types of games, was a\u00a0magic\u00a0system that provided a lot of variety in a small amount of spells.
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I find that games with\u00a0mage classes love to\u00a0overload your spell tome and action bars with magic that varies in importance from the critical (think static field\u00a0from Diablo II or fireball in almost any game) to the\u00a0completely circumstantial<\/a>. You may even be able to create a new spell with the properties that you desire (e.g. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion<\/a>) or modify an existing spell that you have with another ability (a la metamagic<\/a> in most Dungeons and Dragons games), but I found these binary, restricting, and high-commitment. You’ll either need to purchase the spell or prepare it\u00a0before resting and, in the field, you’ll inevitably come across enemies that stay in a\u00a0loosely-bound group that require a slightly larger area of affect to your standard fireball or a really quick enemy that’ll need a little bit more freezing power on your ice blast. I’ve yet to find something that allows the quick fluidity\u00a0that we often see portrayed of great wizards in fantasy books and films (and that maybe deep down I still want to be).
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