Personally, I rather like the image of a person who is physically frail but has great magical power, say an elderly Malkioni wizard or Lhankor Mhy scholar. If magic is based on CON/hit points you can't do this, which seems a shame to me. In my system magic is based on WIL, which does have some effects besides creating magical strength, but isn't as important physically as CON in RQ. Using willpower also seems better to me with regard to resisting magic. It doesn't feel right to me to make opposed rolls against your fatigue or hit points when resisting hostile spells.
<<The most powerful magic would require the sacrifice of constitution or
other characteristics (the RQ example would be divine spells).>>
Unless you have 'CON gain rolls' somebody with lots of divine spells would actually have a lot less magical strength than a lower level initiate (albeit more he could do with that strength). Neither of these options feel right to me.
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Trotsky
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