No you are absolutely the kind of person I need input from because yeah this is for guild. 

The point on blessings is good, I may actually do that and plan an event around it.

Anyway just from that response, I'll need to go and overhaul a fair bit more then. I know I want to keep the stats for all the spell and weapon requirements, but I may need something else to balance spellcasting if I do away with magic bar.

Also yeah there's a lot to take in but I don't plan on barraging people with it right away. It'll get introduced with each part of the story gradually, since they take place in specific regions and areas. The magic and fighting style stuff though, I actually chose this sorta system to enrich the world through things people can learn about and encounter. Say an NPC shows up with a particular spell, players can actively recognize it.

I'm aware some of it may intimidate a lot of players, but really I'm only looking for a handful who think it's well worth the effort.