Falling Icicle
Adventurer
I hate "vancian" casting, but it's been a part of D&D since the beginning so I'm willing to accept that it's a sacred cow that they just won't slaughter. As long as Wizards get some at-will effects so that they don't spend much of the day twiddling their thumbs with nothing to do, I can tolerate vancian casting in the game. There also needs to be other options for magic provided. At the very least, they need to provide something like the "spontaneous casting" sorcerer.
They also need to make scribing spells in your spellbook free. I've always loathed the idea that wizards have to pay this enormous and totally unrealistic tax that no other type of spellcaster has to pay. 100 gp per page? That's ludicrous. Do people realize how much money that is, especially in a medieval setting? Even if the entire page was plated in gold it shouldn't cost that much! Scribing spells should be as simple as having a book, pen and ink, and whatever spellcraft type roll is approrpiate to see if you can understand the spell's formula.
I also hope that many of the utility spells are part of a ritual type system, so that casters don't have to choose between competence in battle and being able to do other, interesting things. 4e's ritual casting had some serious flaws, but the idea has alot of potential.
They also need to make scribing spells in your spellbook free. I've always loathed the idea that wizards have to pay this enormous and totally unrealistic tax that no other type of spellcaster has to pay. 100 gp per page? That's ludicrous. Do people realize how much money that is, especially in a medieval setting? Even if the entire page was plated in gold it shouldn't cost that much! Scribing spells should be as simple as having a book, pen and ink, and whatever spellcraft type roll is approrpiate to see if you can understand the spell's formula.
I also hope that many of the utility spells are part of a ritual type system, so that casters don't have to choose between competence in battle and being able to do other, interesting things. 4e's ritual casting had some serious flaws, but the idea has alot of potential.
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