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Zelyhon: Ideally, I'd like at least 4 members per clan. That way, even if someone can't post, the RP can still keep going. With only two or three members that's a lot harder. But, if we can't get more members quickly, I'm going to start things no matter what. As long as people are fairly active, even a 2-member clan could work well, and we could always keep searching for members while RPing.

Kairos: No elixers, ethers, MP-ups, blue potions, Jolt, or any other energy recovery items. Mods are indeed on good behaviour. If you can't trust a mod, what's the point of having them, right? Of course, you could write up your own MP value and spell descriptions and MP costs, but the whole idea of mod characters is that they aren't restricted to clan rules. Besides being a player character, the mod character is also a tool for interacting with the other characters and introducing your own touch to the storyline.
Sky it is. *remembers*

On spell levels, I will say only this: They will give me headaches, but if people really want it, I can do it.

I agree with Darkfyre. On the first quote, I actually don't think its necessary to increase the XP needed between the levels, or at least not necessary to do it that much. Keep in mind that getting a level two spell (clairvoyance as opposed to vision) requires more levels than a level one spell, getting a level three spell requires a lot more, and a level for requires a lot lot more, therefore having the added XP you want already built in. We might still want to increase XP between levels, but I don't think we should do it too much.

For the second and third quotes, while they're fun ideas, I don't want them in this guild. First of all, it's a crapload of work. Second of all, it gets the RPing way too complicated. The spell system was complicated before we changed it, will become even more complicated if we institue Darkfyre's ideas, and this will completely confuse everyone, or at least give a few headaches. There's too much stuff to keep in mind and record. I also think that the spell system has enough cool stuff like that, especially with Darkfyre's additions; not only do your spells advance and combine, but you can choose whether to get a bunch of level one spells or go for the higher level ones or whatever. While your system is cooler and more interesting, it's not worth it, and I think we have enough of that in the RP anyway.

As I was writing that, I realized something. According to Darkfyre's system, theoretically one could choose whether they would want to get all of the level one spells first or go for the higher level ones immediately, right? But when you think about it, why would you choose to get a level one spell when you could just as easily get a level two spell? Level two spells are just more powerful, and there are very few reasons why people would choose not to get them in turn for a weaker one. What if, instead of requiring more XP to advance basic levels, it took more experience to learn higher level spells and less experience to learn lower level ones? For example, it might take 1000 to learn undead, 2000 to learn necromancy, 4000 to learn lich, and 8000 to learn death. Actually, when I think about it, that might be what you were intending all along and I'm just really stupid...

Golem, while I absolutely love your idea, it would complicate things too much if it were to be properly balanced. Starting witht the levels. Someone saving up low-level spells would reach a very high level a lot faster than someone going for a high level spell. Now if Fen's idea (no levels, only spells) would be used, that would work... However, I'm not entirely sure how to fit the MP system to that.

I'd prefer the first choice: "We could always base combat proficiency on raw experience". That would give an indication of who is stronger, while still leaving almost complete freeform freedom. Though putting it in the sig isn't a good idea... we'd better just create a seperate topic/post to keep track of people's XP and available spells, because it would only change at the end of a quest anyway.

First paragraph: Negative. That way everyone of a certain level would have all the same spells.

Second paragraph:

Just to note, I'd think we should start to wrap up disscusion and reach a decision. The guild is approaching ready to get going again, so I (as a clan leader) would like to know exactly what it is I'm going to have or not have to distribute among various clan members. In fact, things will already be alittle odd since people have started rping in the town threads who may end up with more powers later. Not a big deal yet, but I felt like the time factor needed to be pointed out here.