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Cranthis
2012-11-22, 05:52 AM
So, as most of you know, there are a few classes that cover specific schools of magic.

Beguiler: Illusion and Enchantment
Warmage: Evocation
Dread Necromancer: Do I need to say it?

I want to know if I am missing any of them. Base classes only.

Edenbeast
2012-11-22, 09:12 AM
Pathfinder has the Summoner

nedz
2012-11-22, 11:02 AM
Healer — Healing spells (+Gate ?)

TuggyNE
2012-11-22, 03:44 PM
Healer — Healing spells (+Gate ?)

The Healer is not spontaneous like the three in the first post.

Cranthis
2012-11-22, 03:50 PM
Clarifications: 3.5 classes, that focus on 1 or 2 schools of magic. Spontaneous or prepared doesn't matter, but please don't say focused specialist wizard.

nedz
2012-11-22, 03:52 PM
The Healer is not spontaneous like the three in the first post.
Yes I know, but the OP never mentioned anything about spontaneous casters.

prufock
2012-11-22, 06:29 PM
I was thinking about this a while ago, and how I would adjust some of the classes. I'd like to see more of the schools represented, I don't think it's necessary to create whole new classes. Tier 3 is my preferred power sweet spot.

These classes remain the same:
Beguiler has enchantment and illusion covered.
Bard is a jack of all trades, dipping a few different schools.
Dread Necromancer has necromancy, of course.

These classes get a little bump:
Warmage has evocation, some conjuration and transmutation. I would expand the Warmage spell list to include some more transmutation and conjuration.
Healer has healing. I would expand the healer list to include most of abjuration. It fits with the theme of the class - preventing damage is better than healing it. Might even bump it up a tier, pre-Gate.
Summoner can be imported from Pathfinder for summoning. Give it full casting with a limited spell list from 7-9 (it gets summon monsters already).

The one school sort of left out is divination, I'm not really sure what to do with that.

nedz
2012-11-22, 06:45 PM
There are a lot of specialist PrCs also.
Oracle for divination.
Wayfarer for Teleport.
etc.

gorfnab
2012-11-23, 12:16 AM
Nightstalker - Dragonlance: Races of Ansalon - Divination, Conjuration (Healing), and Necromancy