To be clear. I am not going to say that this is a -bad- idea and that it shouldn't be done.
However there are some wildly different ideas regarding: approaches/base ability/and base potential between the mages I've come across. Some effectively casting Roe sized ice prisons with a flick of the wrist to those needing to channel to cast a basic fireball. Some play around with elemental resistances/weaknesses while others do not. So finding an agreeable system to sort of bring them around to more or less a common level might be difficult.
Then there is taking the hits/moderating spells to be 'non-lethal'. While in physical combat it's very easy to tell when someone is goin' too far and going for those truly debilitating or deadly shots. Magic? Eh. Could get tricky.
You maybe could do a tournament where mages compete but don't actually fight -each other.- Some sort of aetherical gymnastics course if you will?
However there are some wildly different ideas regarding: approaches/base ability/and base potential between the mages I've come across. Some effectively casting Roe sized ice prisons with a flick of the wrist to those needing to channel to cast a basic fireball. Some play around with elemental resistances/weaknesses while others do not. So finding an agreeable system to sort of bring them around to more or less a common level might be difficult.
Then there is taking the hits/moderating spells to be 'non-lethal'. While in physical combat it's very easy to tell when someone is goin' too far and going for those truly debilitating or deadly shots. Magic? Eh. Could get tricky.
You maybe could do a tournament where mages compete but don't actually fight -each other.- Some sort of aetherical gymnastics course if you will?
