Interesting variant spell system.
Big fan of starting with some short fiction!
Charge conditions is a very compelling mechanic, I'd say the strongest part of the doc.
 The Worldbuilding Prompts give some great ideas to give the magic system more narrative weight.
I'm not a huge fan of the layout, as I find block text a little hard to parse sometimes, but overall that's not a big deal.
Thanks for putting this together!

I appreciate having the option of light and dark themed pdf's.  Thanks!

Easy to read, clean layout. meets the page limit for the contest. Well done.  

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A  for effort but I think it's too much compared to the core books simplicity.