AvocadoAvenger
2013-06-11, 04:50 PM
Hello, all. I am joining a group I have been DMing until recently as a player, and would like to play a warmage. The character that left so that his character could take over as DM was a Sorc, so I am taking over as blaster. We have a cleric and a favored soul, so utility magic shouldn't be a huge problem, and I absolutely love the warmage fluff. Sorry wizards, you're just boring to me RP wise.
I would still like to be able to cast spells other than evocation for my own sake if at all possible. Now, I've done my research, looked at quite a few similar threads, and decided to post my uncertainties if someone would be kind enough to help me.
One term that I see come up a lot is "Eclectic Learning." I know that "advanced learning" is the class feature that allows me more spells on my from the school of evocation; is Eclectic Learning a feat? In my searches, I came across "Expanded Learning". (http://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Expanded_Learning_(3.5e_Feat)) Does anything like that exist outside of homebrew?
The second thing that I found in abundance, in the complete arcane, is features that could give a warmage a versatile spell selection, but was clearly intended for wizards, particularly those who want to learn spells from a forbidden school. As it appears to me, the "Extra Spell" feat will never have a conclusive answer to whether it can be used by a warmage. I also discovered the "Mage of the Arcane Order" prestige class, which really interests me. It is also clearly intended for wizards, although decidedly not Zard-specific. The ability allows you to expend a spell slot as normal to cast any Sorc/Zard spell of that level, so long as you give them a spell later. This essentially makes all Sorcerer/Wizard spells available, just cost two spell slots to cast, unless I am mistaken in that respect.
Again, I am kind of my own DM for the purposes of approval, so I have to keep myself in check. I need to make sure I don't let myself do anything that I wouldn't let a player do.
I would still like to be able to cast spells other than evocation for my own sake if at all possible. Now, I've done my research, looked at quite a few similar threads, and decided to post my uncertainties if someone would be kind enough to help me.
One term that I see come up a lot is "Eclectic Learning." I know that "advanced learning" is the class feature that allows me more spells on my from the school of evocation; is Eclectic Learning a feat? In my searches, I came across "Expanded Learning". (http://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Expanded_Learning_(3.5e_Feat)) Does anything like that exist outside of homebrew?
The second thing that I found in abundance, in the complete arcane, is features that could give a warmage a versatile spell selection, but was clearly intended for wizards, particularly those who want to learn spells from a forbidden school. As it appears to me, the "Extra Spell" feat will never have a conclusive answer to whether it can be used by a warmage. I also discovered the "Mage of the Arcane Order" prestige class, which really interests me. It is also clearly intended for wizards, although decidedly not Zard-specific. The ability allows you to expend a spell slot as normal to cast any Sorc/Zard spell of that level, so long as you give them a spell later. This essentially makes all Sorcerer/Wizard spells available, just cost two spell slots to cast, unless I am mistaken in that respect.
Again, I am kind of my own DM for the purposes of approval, so I have to keep myself in check. I need to make sure I don't let myself do anything that I wouldn't let a player do.