[quote=@MonkeyBusiness]

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I agree completely, magic as a whole should be a very intricate and complicated power. I'm working on one last race that can naturally use one form of magic without hindrance, but as a whole, it is a very complicated process. Raising a mountain or any large mass of ground takes hours (if not days) of proper incantation. Mages tend to have a very 'deus ex machina' power if you give them too much free reign in most settings. If PC mages survive a while I might give them a LITTLE more leniency in this matter, but it should be a very complicated process.