asorel
2014-11-25, 04:30 PM
The backstory of my 5th edition Sorcerer character has lead me to try and add some mechanical traits to the character to make him feel more wizard-like. I have attempted this with a homebrewed feat, of which I have two variants at the moment:
Studious Spell Caster Prerequisites: INT 13, Sage background, levels in an arcane spellcaster class
When you take this feat, you receive a spellbook with two Wizard spells of your choice inscribed within it, whose levels may not exceed that of your highest level spell slots. Whenever you find spells in the world, you may copy them into your spellbook in the way a Wizard would, but you do not gain spells every level in the manner of a Wizard. The book may hold no more spells than one quarter of your arcane caster levels, and each day you may prepare a number of spells equal to your INT modifier.
Alternate: No limit to size of book, but aggregate level of prepared spells cannot exceed half of caster level+INT modifier. Meaning, a 4th level Sorcerer with an INT mod of 3 could prepare 5 1st-level spells, a 2nd-level and a 3rd-level, or any other combination whose total levels are not greater than 5.
I've tried to balance these as much as I can, but I would still like to know if this is too overpowered for a feat. If it is, what recommendations are there for balancing it further?
Studious Spell Caster Prerequisites: INT 13, Sage background, levels in an arcane spellcaster class
When you take this feat, you receive a spellbook with two Wizard spells of your choice inscribed within it, whose levels may not exceed that of your highest level spell slots. Whenever you find spells in the world, you may copy them into your spellbook in the way a Wizard would, but you do not gain spells every level in the manner of a Wizard. The book may hold no more spells than one quarter of your arcane caster levels, and each day you may prepare a number of spells equal to your INT modifier.
Alternate: No limit to size of book, but aggregate level of prepared spells cannot exceed half of caster level+INT modifier. Meaning, a 4th level Sorcerer with an INT mod of 3 could prepare 5 1st-level spells, a 2nd-level and a 3rd-level, or any other combination whose total levels are not greater than 5.
I've tried to balance these as much as I can, but I would still like to know if this is too overpowered for a feat. If it is, what recommendations are there for balancing it further?