Luircin
2007-01-26, 07:01 PM
I am of the opinion that a full-caster should be more powerful than other classes. However, I agree that there is a point where "powered" becomes "overpowered." That's old news.
So, in an attempt to balance out casters, I'm considering this solution: don't adjust their spells or spell lists, but instead increase the time needed to recover them.
What I was thinking would be something like this: For every spell level, 0-9, there is a differing amount of time needed before one can use that spell slot or prepare a spell again in that slot. The formula I had in mind was spell level/2, rounded up, minimum 1. So 0, 1, and 2 level spells would take single day to recover. 3 and 4 would take two days. And so on. Spontaneous casters would require one day less to regain spell slots.
There's it in a nutshell. I'm hoping that this will start encouraging more tactical thinking among casters and how to use spells to their greatest utility rather than just unleashing tentacle-y hell every single battle and then plopping for a nap in their magnificent motel-6 (As another poster put it), espeically if my adventures are time-intensive.
Opinions?
So, in an attempt to balance out casters, I'm considering this solution: don't adjust their spells or spell lists, but instead increase the time needed to recover them.
What I was thinking would be something like this: For every spell level, 0-9, there is a differing amount of time needed before one can use that spell slot or prepare a spell again in that slot. The formula I had in mind was spell level/2, rounded up, minimum 1. So 0, 1, and 2 level spells would take single day to recover. 3 and 4 would take two days. And so on. Spontaneous casters would require one day less to regain spell slots.
There's it in a nutshell. I'm hoping that this will start encouraging more tactical thinking among casters and how to use spells to their greatest utility rather than just unleashing tentacle-y hell every single battle and then plopping for a nap in their magnificent motel-6 (As another poster put it), espeically if my adventures are time-intensive.
Opinions?