Modify the Magic System

[purplearcanist]

The magic system in d20 is not good, since a mage is too weak at 1st level, while being ultimate at 20th level.

20th level sorcerer: I use Moment of Prescience to win inititave. I use time stop and gate to summon some solar angels.:vaarsuvius:

20th level fighter: I give up. You win.:roy:

The magic system should be modified, and completely rewritten from scratch.

[Indon]

So, with what objectives in mind would you rewrite it? What kind of caster-level vs spell-level scalability would there be? How would you address saves and spell resistance? Would it be point-based or slot-based, or another system entirely?

And could your resolution have been more vague?

[Bears With Lasers]

Check out Arcana Evolved. It pretty much does that.

[Moofaa]

Im working on a homebrew world right now, and feel the same about magic users. I wanted to do something new with magic anyways...ok well not NEW, but different I guess, its damn hard to be original these days. In my world magic users pull elemental mana from their surroundings and can store it, and spells scale with level, with only a few requiring you to be a certain level to cast them.