Spells use certain amounts of components, like the experiments I used to do. But sometimes, a wizard only has a solid block of quartz when they need a sliver and they can’t chip off the right amount for whatever reason, so they have to focus on not draining more of the component than they need. Using too much of a component can make spells go haywire, or it can bleed a component dry entirely. That’s my research project: developing a way to cap the energy drawn from components in the spell, rather than having wizards cap the amount through their own focus. A safety net thrown over every spell
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