Magic, the Hyborian Age, and RoS

[Ilvarin]

I would have to seriously disagree with robbing sorcerers of SA's. Players don't like being hosed. and although players may be willing to trade things (like ageing as a cost of casting cool magic) when you dig into thier Xp you hit them below the belt.

I can see what you're saying here, but there is one point to the magic system that I think is being overlooked. It is inherently unbalanced. I love the idea of losing SA's, the whole imagery of it. IMO the risks should be dark mirrors of the rewards, and risking all that is important to oneself is a dark mirror indeed. From the outset make the players aware that the magic system is unbalanced and could cost them their character's soul and they have to be willing to lose big if they want to win big.