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Re: wizards Ideally-ideally, I think wizards are aesthetically at their best as complete non-combatants, relying on rituals and strong...

Somewhat, yes, as each homebrewer is going to fix it to suit their own tastes and table. I want the underlying framework to be well...

Yeah. Spamming the same minor magic over and over and over and over is boring as hell, not inspiring. A wizard should be awe inspiring...

I grew up on Lord of the Rings and Dragonlance. Continuous flashy magic is not what I associate with wizards.

Yes and no though. Let's not forget that a lot of spells last more than one round. If you cast a summoning, you got critters for the...

Having both cheapens the magic to me. Feels like I'm a guy with a laser pistol.

So, I found my mockup: Your carrying capacity is your Strength score in Zent. A Zent corresponds approximately to 10 pounds / 5...

First, thanks for answering my question. Please allow me to lob in some more. :) So, less (or even no?) emphasis on exploration and-or...

I don't know what planet I'm on anymore. I'm not sure we have agreed on anything in the past, but suddenly in the past few weeks we are...

Re: cantrips I don't like them too. I think rarity of magic makes it, well, more magical. Wizards should spend most of the fights...

That's kinda the point. Haste grants an extra attack. On the players turn, if the player wants to use it. The player is not bound to...

If you're including adventures (e.g. Out of the Abyss) as supplements then what you say is pretty much ironclad true. But if you only...

Further to this, the DMs who are skilled enough to easily handle the more complex rules are also quite likely skilled enough to tweak...

The bolded is a step too far for some*, who see the non-Prime Planes as entirely supernatural and see "nature" as being only what we can...

Well, it's also "magical" if you take the presumption - as I do - that any form of healing other than by simple resting and-or actual...