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You could probably do better than just rolling and referencing a table.
Perhaps having the GM draw from a tarot deck would be a slight step up.

Right so, the Player can attempt to produce an effect constrained by certain parameters.
> For example, a character learned in [Pyromancy2] would only be able to magically influence sources of heat or flame.
First, the player must express a target (self-explanatory) and intention (what they'd like to do with their magic).
They then allocate and roll dice from a dicepool to determine how close their spell adheres to their intention and how potent the magic is.
Their magnitude of expertise, represented by the number after the skill, determines their dicepool.
> For example, an [Illusionist4] has a dicepool of 4. When creating illusions they can allocate 2 dice to potency and 2 to adherence, or all 4 to potency, or any other combination.
This magnitude of expertise can be fleshed out by having each level modify or add features to the primary definition of the skill. The precise details of these advancements could be pre-designed by the GM (Pyromancy3, +1 hit on cast during Noontime), or proposed by the player with GM guidance (Acceptable proposals could be added an as official advancement options in future games).

Afterwards, regardless of how well the Player rolls, the GM draws a card from the Tarot to produce an event.
Using magic to do something is not an action, its an event.
It will never produce a reliable and reproducible effect.
Sure, skilled practitioners can wrangle it vaguely into form, but it always spirals out into a unique novel way.
Each card represents a nebulously broad concept and the GM needs to interpret how it would apply to what the spell-caster is trying to do.
Provides unpredictability, but is structured enough to not just devolve into the GM needing to make things up constantly.
This heavily leans on the GM's ability to improvise interesting and creative interpretations of the Tarot.

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If magic can be studied methodically and employed in predictable manner, isn't it just science?