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Would a feat to turn a "known spell" caster into a spellbook-style prepared caster be overpowered?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 8790252" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>I'm not really following the 5.5e playtest because I know I won't be able to adopt the edition change in general. But that doesn't mean I won't snag ideas I like from the SRD when it's done. And I happen to run across a news article that said the bard is being changed to a prepared caster.</p><p></p><p>Which got me thinking. I'm not going to change the class, but the old school flavor of giving bards the option to be a prepared caster sounds like something I would consider. And I have a current bard player who would probably be all over that, since they are really into playing a wizardy bard.</p><p></p><p>The easiest way to implement it would be through a feat, which should probably also be available to sorcerers and warlocks. The way I'm thinking of it is that it would give you a spellbook (or something equivalent), rather than making you know the whole list like a cleric. So you'd be able to prepare your spells (or a subset of them) just like a wizard, and you'd be able to learn new spells from scrolls, etc.</p><p></p><p>The question is whether there is any way to do this that would be balanced. And if class would matter. Maybe it would work for bards, but not sorcerers. Maybe it would need to be an optional alternative 1st level class feature instead of a feat, etc. </p><p></p><p>What do you balance-sensitive DMs think? Can it be done at all, and what method of providing it or use limitations would hit the right balance?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 8790252, member: 6677017"] I'm not really following the 5.5e playtest because I know I won't be able to adopt the edition change in general. But that doesn't mean I won't snag ideas I like from the SRD when it's done. And I happen to run across a news article that said the bard is being changed to a prepared caster. Which got me thinking. I'm not going to change the class, but the old school flavor of giving bards the option to be a prepared caster sounds like something I would consider. And I have a current bard player who would probably be all over that, since they are really into playing a wizardy bard. The easiest way to implement it would be through a feat, which should probably also be available to sorcerers and warlocks. The way I'm thinking of it is that it would give you a spellbook (or something equivalent), rather than making you know the whole list like a cleric. So you'd be able to prepare your spells (or a subset of them) just like a wizard, and you'd be able to learn new spells from scrolls, etc. The question is whether there is any way to do this that would be balanced. And if class would matter. Maybe it would work for bards, but not sorcerers. Maybe it would need to be an optional alternative 1st level class feature instead of a feat, etc. What do you balance-sensitive DMs think? Can it be done at all, and what method of providing it or use limitations would hit the right balance? [/QUOTE]
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