How to Eliminate Vancian Magic & Put a Real Price on Spells [New Core Class + 5 PrCs]

[Gwenfloor]

Edit:
That was all for PC's. For opposing NPCs, it's worse. Their effective starting LP is completely arbitrary; they usually aren't going to be going through 4 encounters per day, and so can simply go Zap, Zap, Zap throughout the encounter; burning themselves recklessly, sure, but once you get an NPC in a fight, they don't usually get another scene. The NPC is unlikely to conserve, and will thus seem more powerful than the NPC ought to be.

But Bio-Mage NPCs do not usually look at the PCs and say "Oh well, it's not like I'm going to make it out alive. Better do a suicide strike!" They would conserve their energy until they are overcome, in which case they would be more lenient.