I doubt you'll see it, as it would be a terrible idea. Casting anything takes a turn, and there are times when one turn is all that lies between you and death.
A very bad idea but a very real need. With some of the spells which either _must_ be kept up or _must_ be used as often as permitted I sometimes find myself forgetting to reapply them. I'm especially looking at Charge Rod. But what we need is not a turn-wasting "but I needed to drink a healing potion now!" moments. What would be nice, however, would be a more dramatic notification when time-dependent events happen, like a cooldown finishing. For example, cool gold letters flaming on the screen momentarily or just a floating text of the ability (with a minus if it is expired) on the character?
What you could do, is auto move the skill to the hotkey position. That in combination with a flashing light or what ever. That way you yourself can decide if it is time to reactivate the skill, but don't have to scroll through your skills.
Perhaps what could be done is have a toggle on certain 'buff' spells. But on the other hand.. it feels way too easy and automatic. And I say turns shouldn't be spent without your input. Ever.
Ha yeah good point I guess I don't actually want it taking my turns at the wrong time. I don't know if there is a good solution.
The easiest solution is to make certain buffs not take a turn to cast. Instead of, say, Suit Up being a buff spell that you're allowed to spend an action on every 40 turns, it becomes a passive attribute that automatically refreshes itself if it isn't currently active and it's been a minimum of 40 turns since its last refresh. By a similar token, spores from Mushroom Farmer and lockpicks from the basic burglary skill could just be automatically added to your inventory without fanfare every X turns without requiring a prompt from the player or costing you a turn.
