Mike_Lemmer
2007-10-07, 01:45 AM
Fax & I were debating the chances that in 4E, they'd decide which attribute affects a spell's DC based on the spell's school, not the caster's class. Examples would be:
Int affects Evocation spells.
Wis affects Illusion spells.
Cha affects Enchantment spells.
This would remove the issue with casters just increasing 1 stat to improve their DCs, while victims have to increase 3 stats to cover every save type. It would also encourage casters to naturally drift towards certain spell schools based on which stat(s) their other abilities are based on.
On a related note, I wonder what would happen if each save took bonuses from 2 stats?
Fortitude gets bonuses from Con & Str.
Reflex gets bonuses from Dex & Int.
Will gets bonuses from Wis & Cha.
(And because I know someone will ask, my excuse for tacking Int onto Reflex is that it's easier for a smart person to figure out where the breath will & won't go and thus head that way post-haste, or the best way to quickly protect yourself from an icestorm. A poor excuse, perhaps, but Int had to go somewhere and tacking 3 attributes onto Will seemed a bit much.)
Int affects Evocation spells.
Wis affects Illusion spells.
Cha affects Enchantment spells.
This would remove the issue with casters just increasing 1 stat to improve their DCs, while victims have to increase 3 stats to cover every save type. It would also encourage casters to naturally drift towards certain spell schools based on which stat(s) their other abilities are based on.
On a related note, I wonder what would happen if each save took bonuses from 2 stats?
Fortitude gets bonuses from Con & Str.
Reflex gets bonuses from Dex & Int.
Will gets bonuses from Wis & Cha.
(And because I know someone will ask, my excuse for tacking Int onto Reflex is that it's easier for a smart person to figure out where the breath will & won't go and thus head that way post-haste, or the best way to quickly protect yourself from an icestorm. A poor excuse, perhaps, but Int had to go somewhere and tacking 3 attributes onto Will seemed a bit much.)