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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6025037" data-attributes="member: 6688937"><p>Three thoughts:</p><p></p><p>a) If they are still hanging on to the idea of a Basic/Default version of the game, it may be that those classes still get different systems by default.</p><p></p><p>b) I don't think part of creating a caster will always be "argue with the DM for your casting method" I suspect that many/most DMs/campaigns will not care which one you pick. (So long as the methods are reasonably balanced with each other. I suppose.)</p><p></p><p>c) I'm not particularly attached to these names-mechanics pairings, since they hardly seem consistent across D&D history or the genre. (In my head, "Sorcerer" is still partially attached to Al-Qadim elementalist casters, frex.) For me, its not like the word "Warlock" conjures up images of anything like the later edition striker-dude (unless I'm thinking specifically about D&D already.)</p><p>Could you (or anyone else who feels the same way) explain or describe to me how they came to be so to your mind? Is it just playing within 3.x and 4e D&D or is it something more? What kinds of things are attached to "Sorcerer", "Warlock", "Wizard", etc. for you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6025037, member: 6688937"] Three thoughts: a) If they are still hanging on to the idea of a Basic/Default version of the game, it may be that those classes still get different systems by default. b) I don't think part of creating a caster will always be "argue with the DM for your casting method" I suspect that many/most DMs/campaigns will not care which one you pick. (So long as the methods are reasonably balanced with each other. I suppose.) c) I'm not particularly attached to these names-mechanics pairings, since they hardly seem consistent across D&D history or the genre. (In my head, "Sorcerer" is still partially attached to Al-Qadim elementalist casters, frex.) For me, its not like the word "Warlock" conjures up images of anything like the later edition striker-dude (unless I'm thinking specifically about D&D already.) Could you (or anyone else who feels the same way) explain or describe to me how they came to be so to your mind? Is it just playing within 3.x and 4e D&D or is it something more? What kinds of things are attached to "Sorcerer", "Warlock", "Wizard", etc. for you? [/QUOTE]
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