Man is made up of four elements and floats within the fifth. The four base elements are Earth, Water, Air and Fire, while the noble and mysterious Fifth Element is Ether. Sorcerers are those who can manipulate one or all of these principles, either in their raw form or in their evolved manifestations in living beings. Eidetic Memory has no effect on elemental skills. Elemental Magic and ordinary magic aren't mutually exclusive.
All spells are improvisational, and begin with an idea and a description.
The player may, at this point, decide the spell is too risky and back out. He must perform some other action than spellcasting this turn. At the beginning of the turn following his concentration, he makes a 3d roll against the appropriate skill. If the roll fails, reality tells the mage to kindly go fuck himself. The mage's turn ends.