Cost Tradeoffs

Magic, second edition, p. 119. "Time, Energy and Cost Tradeoffs"
:Skill does not automatically reduce energy cost and time required to cast spells. Instead, a mage may choose to reduce energy cost, at a -3 skill penalty for each -1 to cost. Or he may reduce casting time, at a -3 skill penalty for each halving of time (minimum of one second).
:Or the mage can take extra time. For each doubling of uninterrupted casting time, the caster either gets +1 to effective skill or -1 to energy cost.
No longer present in 4e rules.
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