@silverwizard So I'll expand on the wizard example a bit. In Tales of Xadia, for example, you don't roll to "cast" spells. Spells are a part of what you are trying to do. Mages have a small selection of "named" spells that they can add to their dice pool, but even without adding one the player can add their mage distinction die to their pool and describe how they're using magic to help get the door open. They just won't have the additional die from one of their "named" spells.