Cleric Magic using the Turn Undead table

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So, after a lot of thought and number crunching, I think I have reached a solution for making clerical magic unique. Essentially I am replacing the vancian casting mechanic with the turn undead mechanic. With this I will keep the spells already in the books, and not rewrite the whole magic system.

Each spell is a called a prayer and takes a turn to perform instead of a round (maybe multiple turns based on level). Each spell also requires a component part, such as a holy symbol, holy water, consecrated oil, blessed bread/wine, etc. There will not be a large variety of components, I see this as more akin to tracking ammo than individual components. When performing a prayer a cleric has to roll to see if this favor is granted, by rolling 2d6 and getting above 7,9 , or 11 based on the level of the prayer and the cleric's level. if looking at the turn undead chart, a 'T' would indicate the prayer takes effect as normal, and a 'D' indicates that the prayer has its maximum effect. For cure light wounds a prayer at the 'D' level would automatically heal 8 hp instead of the normal 1-8. The success of a prayer lines up with the turn undead table as shown below

Undead	Skeleton	Zombie	Ghoul	Wight	Wraith	Mummy	Spectre	Vampire	Phantom	Haunt
Level of Prayer				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Level 1	7	9	11
Level 2	T	7	9	11
Level 3	T	T	7	9	11
Level 4	D	T	T	7	9	11
Level 5	D	D	T	T	7	9	11
Level 6	D	D	D	T	T	7	9	11
Level 7	D	D	D	D	T	T	7	9	11
Level 8	D	D	D	D	D	T	T	7	9	11
Level 9-10	D	D	D	D	D	D	T	T	7	9
Level 11-12	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	T	T	7
Level 13-14	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	T	T
Level 15-16	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	T
Level 17-20	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

When a cleric gains access to a new prayer level he is given/has to make a prayer book of the prayers of that level. I haven't decided whether I want to limit the number of prayers a cleric can know based on their normal vancian spells/level chart.