Koury
2010-02-02, 01:56 AM
So, I was thinking about it, and I like the idea of Spell Points. Essentially Power Points for casters. And while I just thought of it, I'm not so silly as to think I'm the first. Are there any good systems out there for this type of thing? Especially one that keeps Wizards from being spontaneous?
My Rough-Sketch Idea
Casting a level one spell cost one point. A level two cost two points. Etc.
Sorcs get one point for a first level spell slot, two for a second, etc. This is essentially psionics, I guess. Their spells known is as normal.
Wizards get points via the same system (including specialists getting an adjusted amount more). They can choose an amount of spells per spell level at the beginning of the day equal to ([Int-10] - [Spell Levelx2]).
YES, this means that for even one 9th level spell you need 29 Int. I think thats fine, as really, you probably have that much well before level 17.
Specialist wizards must spend 1/4 of their total points on their chosen spell school. Focused specialists must spend 1/2.
Metamagic: A +4 meta is just that - +4. It costs 4 more points to cast. I'm thinking of some sort of Class level/2 limit on points spent per spell. That means you can add a +1 meta to a level 9 at 20.
So, thoughts? Obvious issues? Not-so-obvious issues? Something I wrote unclear?
EDIT: Made a table for Sorcs...
{table=header]Level | Base Spell Points
1 |
3
2 |
4
3 |
5
4 |
12
5 |
14
6 |
25
7 |
30
8 |
45
9 |
52
10 |
71
11 |
80
12 |
103
13 |
114
14 |
141
15 |
154
16 |
185
17 |
200
18 |
235
19 |
252
20 |
270[/table]
My Rough-Sketch Idea
Casting a level one spell cost one point. A level two cost two points. Etc.
Sorcs get one point for a first level spell slot, two for a second, etc. This is essentially psionics, I guess. Their spells known is as normal.
Wizards get points via the same system (including specialists getting an adjusted amount more). They can choose an amount of spells per spell level at the beginning of the day equal to ([Int-10] - [Spell Levelx2]).
YES, this means that for even one 9th level spell you need 29 Int. I think thats fine, as really, you probably have that much well before level 17.
Specialist wizards must spend 1/4 of their total points on their chosen spell school. Focused specialists must spend 1/2.
Metamagic: A +4 meta is just that - +4. It costs 4 more points to cast. I'm thinking of some sort of Class level/2 limit on points spent per spell. That means you can add a +1 meta to a level 9 at 20.
So, thoughts? Obvious issues? Not-so-obvious issues? Something I wrote unclear?
EDIT: Made a table for Sorcs...
{table=header]Level | Base Spell Points
1 |
3
2 |
4
3 |
5
4 |
12
5 |
14
6 |
25
7 |
30
8 |
45
9 |
52
10 |
71
11 |
80
12 |
103
13 |
114
14 |
141
15 |
154
16 |
185
17 |
200
18 |
235
19 |
252
20 |
270[/table]