Vaz
2013-03-04, 06:00 PM
In game tonight been talking about how good the Initiator Level mechanic is. We all know that spellcasting is king, and that Psionics is slightly lower (perhaps better in some cases, if you have the variant Transparencies). But Meldshaping on the whole is forgotten except for the occasional Feat Chain for Pounce or Telepathy when you want to be more original than Spirit Lion Totem Barbarian or Mindbender dips.
However, this might introduce a bit of variety into the game, IMHO.
If you do the same, any non caster adds 1/2 its class levels to Casting.
E.g a Warblade 10/Wizard 10 would count as
Warblade 15
Wizard 15
Any other Arcane Spellcaster 10
Any Divine Caster 10
Any psionic character 10
Any Meldshaper 10
If it became a Warblade 10/Wizard 10/Psion 10/Incarnate 10
Any other Arcane 20
Wizard 25
Psion 25
Warblade 25
Incarnate 25
Any other Divine 20
Any other Psionic 20
Any other Meldshaper 20
While a warblade 10/wizard 30
Would become warblade 25, wizard 45, everything else mentioned 20.
Sure, a Straight Caster would still be more powerful, but provided the Spellcasting etc was fixed to represent a similar mechanic to ToB, what would happen?
However, this might introduce a bit of variety into the game, IMHO.
If you do the same, any non caster adds 1/2 its class levels to Casting.
E.g a Warblade 10/Wizard 10 would count as
Warblade 15
Wizard 15
Any other Arcane Spellcaster 10
Any Divine Caster 10
Any psionic character 10
Any Meldshaper 10
If it became a Warblade 10/Wizard 10/Psion 10/Incarnate 10
Any other Arcane 20
Wizard 25
Psion 25
Warblade 25
Incarnate 25
Any other Divine 20
Any other Psionic 20
Any other Meldshaper 20
While a warblade 10/wizard 30
Would become warblade 25, wizard 45, everything else mentioned 20.
Sure, a Straight Caster would still be more powerful, but provided the Spellcasting etc was fixed to represent a similar mechanic to ToB, what would happen?