noiadodh
2010-01-14, 09:34 PM
before starting, i must say that the point of this thread is in combat casting
this is an attempt to deal with the issue of a level 1 wizard (or any other full caster) without precocious apprentice + reserve feats (thats the only way i remember existing) using all his useful spells in the first 2-3 encounters and then becoming useless..
i come up with this after rereading the MM, more exactly the 1d4 rounds of dragon breath weapons recharge mechanic, so casters, in this variant should need to spend rounds 'recharging' after casting his more powerful spells
the table shows how many rounds the caster becomes unable to using any spell again after each casting.
please point any problem with this scheme, besides the casting of buffs. would this be too unbalanced in high level play? any obvious abuse of action economy? (assume no quickened spells and no time stop)
to be more clear: im not seeing as having a 'cooldown' after every casting is more op than normal casting
{table=head]Class Level|0th|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th
1st|
at will|
1d2+1|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
2nd|
at will|
1d2+1|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
3rd|
at will|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
4th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
5th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
6th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
7th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
8th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
9th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-
10th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-
11th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-
12th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-
13th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-
14th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-
15th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-
16th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-
17th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2
18th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2
19th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2
20th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2[/table]
this is an attempt to deal with the issue of a level 1 wizard (or any other full caster) without precocious apprentice + reserve feats (thats the only way i remember existing) using all his useful spells in the first 2-3 encounters and then becoming useless..
i come up with this after rereading the MM, more exactly the 1d4 rounds of dragon breath weapons recharge mechanic, so casters, in this variant should need to spend rounds 'recharging' after casting his more powerful spells
the table shows how many rounds the caster becomes unable to using any spell again after each casting.
please point any problem with this scheme, besides the casting of buffs. would this be too unbalanced in high level play? any obvious abuse of action economy? (assume no quickened spells and no time stop)
to be more clear: im not seeing as having a 'cooldown' after every casting is more op than normal casting
{table=head]Class Level|0th|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th
1st|
at will|
1d2+1|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
2nd|
at will|
1d2+1|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
3rd|
at will|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
4th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
5th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
6th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
7th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
8th|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-
9th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-
10th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-|
-
11th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-
12th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-|
-
13th|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-
14th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-|
-
15th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-
16th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2|
-
17th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2
18th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2
19th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2
20th|
at will|
at will|
at will|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2|
1d2+1|
1d2+1|
1d2+2[/table]