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johan osterman said:
You can never spend more gems in a turn than you have in the path. So to cast a spell that have the same path requirement as gem cost you must have that same path value before the gem boost
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... It all makes perfect sense now. Thank you for the very prompt & thoughtful reply.
Manual:
A mage can only use as many gems as his current skill level in that path.
For whatever reason, I interpreted this to mean "After spending one gem to temporarily boost me to level X+1, I can spend an additional X+1 gems to cast this spell." But the current, more aesthetically pleasing paradigm is that Boosting & Casting are fundamentally inseparable. Very cool.
I'm editing my posts above to reflect my newfound wisdom.
Edit: New question...Since path bonuses received from being a communion master don't actually increase your base magic path totals, communion masters do not see increased max gem expenditure, correct? For example, had I made an E2 mage the master of a 2 slave communion, he could NOT cast an E3 spell requiring 3E gems, right?