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Duels using magic are conducted,by in large, in the manner of a game of Magic. There are, of course, a few changes that need to be noted and remembered for Erica to do well.
A beginning mage starts with 10 life. Upon connecting with mana links or reaching certain benchmarks, (read: levels, though I didn't want to call them that) A mage will gain more resilience. If reduced to 0 life, a mage is not automatically dead, but is significantly injured and death is a possibility.
Currently, Erica has 9 life out of a maximum of 11, due to that psionic blast. She'll regain those 2 life points after a good night's sleep.
In a duel, Erica will be limited to the spells that she has committed to a pool - to start with, her "deck" will have 20 spells available: four castings apiece of five different spells, plus any number of basic islands. A mage can have an absolute maximum of 48 spell castings available in their pool - and Erica is likely to reach that cap sooner than you'd think. As mentioned before, Erica can currently have up to 10 islands under her control without putting undue strain on her mana link. Gaining levels will raise this cap.
The last big rules change is that, due to her inexperience, Erica can only cast three spells per turn cycle. (one turn cycle being from the start of her turn to the start of her next turn) Copied spells (twincast, replicate, storm, etc.) do not count toward this cap.
Spells that only draw cards do not count towards the cap, and allow for an additional spell to be cast that turn cycle for each card drawn. (if Erica casts Divination as her first spell of the turn cycle, which draws 2 cards, she'll be able to play 5 more spells this cycle).
Spells that do something and then draw a card DO count towards the spells per turn cycle cap, but also allow one more spell for that cycle per card drawn. (If Erica casts Merchant of Secrets [>>396212] as her first spell of the turn cycle, she will be able to cast 3 more spells.)
As with her land cap, this limit on spells cast per cycle will increase with experience.
I'm pretty sure that's everything. Refer to the discussion thread (http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/361540.html) for the building of Erica's starting deck, as well as any questions about the system.
Turn 2 will start once Erica's decklist has been agreed upon.
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