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<blockquote data-quote="tmaaas" data-source="post: 636566" data-attributes="member: 6481"><p><strong>Mind Magic</strong></p><p></p><p><u>Mind Magic</u> </p><p></p><p>This is the ‘science’ of magic. It involves understanding the laws of magic, discovering the sources of magic power, and learning to manipulate both via spell and incantation. Mind magicians spend their lives seeking out and mastering arcane rites and formulas and are commonly called wizards.</p><p></p><p>In game terms:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mind Magic will be represented using Psionics and power points, but with the arcane fantasy feel of the wizard. Thus, wizards spells (converted via ITCK) will be used instead of the ‘pseudo-scientific’ psionic powers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Normal spell components with their benefits and liabilities instead of psionic displays.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spell memorization/casting on the fly will be combined. Wizards will now memorize spells, but may cast any spell they currently have memorized per standard power point rules.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Some options I may use to balance the class when I get around to actually creating it: </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enforced specialization via feats. In order to cast spells from a given school, you must use a feat. The wizard character would have to decide between standard feats, school specialization feats, item creation feats, and metamagic feats. You can’t do everything. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Counting spells available for memorization against character’s standard gp level (Boccob’s Blessed book notwithstanding). This would drastically reduce the amount of magic items the wizard has relative to other classes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No free spells (except character level 1); all others must be found, purchased, or researched. Also, spells on scrolls may not be scribed into spellbooks (they only have the information necessary to ‘complete’ the spell, not cast it from scratch). Thus, scrolls could still be given out regularly without giving the wizard too much; spellbooks as treasure would be more rare and precious.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmaaas, post: 636566, member: 6481"] [b]Mind Magic[/b] [U]Mind Magic[/U] This is the ‘science’ of magic. It involves understanding the laws of magic, discovering the sources of magic power, and learning to manipulate both via spell and incantation. Mind magicians spend their lives seeking out and mastering arcane rites and formulas and are commonly called wizards. In game terms: [list] [*]Mind Magic will be represented using Psionics and power points, but with the arcane fantasy feel of the wizard. Thus, wizards spells (converted via ITCK) will be used instead of the ‘pseudo-scientific’ psionic powers. [*]Normal spell components with their benefits and liabilities instead of psionic displays. [*]Spell memorization/casting on the fly will be combined. Wizards will now memorize spells, but may cast any spell they currently have memorized per standard power point rules. [/list] Some options I may use to balance the class when I get around to actually creating it: [list] [*]Enforced specialization via feats. In order to cast spells from a given school, you must use a feat. The wizard character would have to decide between standard feats, school specialization feats, item creation feats, and metamagic feats. You can’t do everything. [*]Counting spells available for memorization against character’s standard gp level (Boccob’s Blessed book notwithstanding). This would drastically reduce the amount of magic items the wizard has relative to other classes. [*]No free spells (except character level 1); all others must be found, purchased, or researched. Also, spells on scrolls may not be scribed into spellbooks (they only have the information necessary to ‘complete’ the spell, not cast it from scratch). Thus, scrolls could still be given out regularly without giving the wizard too much; spellbooks as treasure would be more rare and precious. [/list] [/QUOTE]
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