Fouredged Sword
2010-12-21, 06:56 PM
Ok, so I have been sitting in an office all day doing nothing and I got a odd idea.
One of the many reasons magic is unbalanced is due to wizards having the ability to empty thier entire spells per day in a short time, then simply rest for the rest of the day. ToB has managed to bring the fighter, monk, and paladin up to tier three. Now I would like to bring magic down to around tier 3.
To do this I want to change how magic is readied for a day and grant wizards, sorrceres, clerics and druids magic like class features.
Now I kinda am getting insperation from reserve feats and warlocks.
I want to make a list of spell like abilites based on the wizarding specialties. Evocation, abjuration, ect. Each ability grants the wizard something to do all day. I think an organisation like warlock list that you can pick and use at will.
The point is for the abilites to be heavily tilted twards one thing or another. Abjuration defends and counters magic, illusion avoids and fools, necromancy debuffs and effects undead, Evocation blows stuff up in a variety of ways, Conjuration summons and teleports, Divination sees and predicts, Enchantment charms and controls.
Each of these abilities are roughly as powerful a 1st level spell at level 1, getting as powerful as a 4th level spell around 17-20th level.
So wizards get spells they can use all day, how are they restricted. Well, wizards now must take a focus, rather than loose two other areas, they take thier spelllike abilites only from that area.
Now, sorrceres. What about them. I want to give them spell like abilites from any wizarding focus, but every third level rather than every 2nd. They get to pick from any list though.
Now spellcasting. Lets just cut spells per day in half. Cut them in half, round down. Now spellcasters cant just prepare everything useful at high levels. They must pick and choose what spells from thier spellbook to prepare.
Now to prevent some of the pain that will cause, lets let them prepare spells by focusing for spell level X2 minutes, doing nothing standing in one place. re filling slots they cast. Sorrceres need something nice so lets let them do it in spell level X1 minutes. Faster becuse they don't need no stinkin book.
Thoughts? How much of the game does this comepletly alter? I know that there will open a whole new set of problems with this, but does it seem like wizards and sorrceres will play more like tier three?
One of the many reasons magic is unbalanced is due to wizards having the ability to empty thier entire spells per day in a short time, then simply rest for the rest of the day. ToB has managed to bring the fighter, monk, and paladin up to tier three. Now I would like to bring magic down to around tier 3.
To do this I want to change how magic is readied for a day and grant wizards, sorrceres, clerics and druids magic like class features.
Now I kinda am getting insperation from reserve feats and warlocks.
I want to make a list of spell like abilites based on the wizarding specialties. Evocation, abjuration, ect. Each ability grants the wizard something to do all day. I think an organisation like warlock list that you can pick and use at will.
The point is for the abilites to be heavily tilted twards one thing or another. Abjuration defends and counters magic, illusion avoids and fools, necromancy debuffs and effects undead, Evocation blows stuff up in a variety of ways, Conjuration summons and teleports, Divination sees and predicts, Enchantment charms and controls.
Each of these abilities are roughly as powerful a 1st level spell at level 1, getting as powerful as a 4th level spell around 17-20th level.
So wizards get spells they can use all day, how are they restricted. Well, wizards now must take a focus, rather than loose two other areas, they take thier spelllike abilites only from that area.
Now, sorrceres. What about them. I want to give them spell like abilites from any wizarding focus, but every third level rather than every 2nd. They get to pick from any list though.
Now spellcasting. Lets just cut spells per day in half. Cut them in half, round down. Now spellcasters cant just prepare everything useful at high levels. They must pick and choose what spells from thier spellbook to prepare.
Now to prevent some of the pain that will cause, lets let them prepare spells by focusing for spell level X2 minutes, doing nothing standing in one place. re filling slots they cast. Sorrceres need something nice so lets let them do it in spell level X1 minutes. Faster becuse they don't need no stinkin book.
Thoughts? How much of the game does this comepletly alter? I know that there will open a whole new set of problems with this, but does it seem like wizards and sorrceres will play more like tier three?