EzekielRaiden
Follower of the Way
I don't think this would have positive impact on the game.
Cleric; Light armor, d6, full caster. Some subclasses can get medium armor and shields.I think clerics should maybe be a 2/3 caster, and introduce a priest class that is a full caster/no armor divine caster.
It is also possibly the best way to do it. That is the thing about possibilitiesA half-caster is possibly the worst way to implement a Swordmage-type class.
Why not just bring back limiting spells to class levels again? Fireball could be Wizard 3 still ,but add bard 4, druid 5, cleric 7 or such. This was you can still be a full caster in your main thing but be able to add a few other spells at a price.Different classes got a given spell as a different level spell back then, that's no longer the case. A two thirds scaling is still effectively full till very high levels because it's just not a significant delay to get say fireball at six instead of five unless the game end at five
That and spells scaling by caster level would be dramatic improvement for 5.5Why not just bring back limiting spells to class levels again? Fireball could be Wizard 3 still ,but add bard 4, druid 5, cleric 7 or such. This was you can still be a full caster in your main thing but be able to add a few other spells at a price.
I mean yes. There is always a possibility. In one of the earlier Swordmage threads I build a Swordmage as an Artificer subclass. It seemed to check the relevant boxes, and no one objected to that implementation, so it is definitely workable.It is also possibly the best way to do it. That is the thing about possibilities
I don’t think the OP is proposing this for balance (ie nothing is broken), but variety.I mean yes. There is always a possibility. In one of the earlier Swordmage threads I build a Swordmage as an Artificer subclass. It seemed to check the relevant boxes, and no one objected to that implementation, so it is definitely workable.
I am a little confused as to why a swordmage full-caster would be broken while cleric and wizard full-casters are fine.
Shame that artificer feels like an abandoned class. One new subclass since its introduction, and not a single unique spell for the class.I mean yes. There is always a possibility. In one of the earlier Swordmage threads I build a Swordmage as an Artificer subclass. It seemed to check the relevant boxes, and no one objected to that implementation, so it is definitely workable.
I am a little confused as to why a swordmage full-caster would be broken while cleric and wizard full-casters are fine.