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Thanks for the tip, I wasn't finding it through search either.

I've always loved that quote.

I think a concept deserves to be a class if it is broad enough to support subclasses/paths/archetypes. You can hack an artificer from a cleric, bard, or wizard. But it's better to make a new class that lets players specialize into Magical Researcher, Dr Frankenstein, Alchemist, or just That...

I'll probably buy Phoenix. I'm a firm believer in rules supporting the setting, and I think it's great that you've gone in that direction. I don't feel a need for conversion information. Thanks for writing this! Ben

If it were a first level spell, it would have to be really good to merit spending a spell slot.

It's only a cantrip, after all. It's not easy to design a cantrip that doesn't cross the line from "sometimes useful" into "I would use this all the time". Just out of curiosity, would you use it more if it gave +5 to hit, so that it can stack with advantage?

Well, its main use is that it conserves resources. If you're thinking of a melee attack, then it's nearly always more effective to attack twice than to cast TS, then attack. But for spellcasters, TS can greatly increase the expected damage of a spell at no cost in spell slots (just time). Of...

Bas-Lag! (China Mieville)

I liked this article. The animal companion sounds more like a mini-Commune With Nature ability, which is certainly appropriate. The Beasts & Birds druid is my favorite, but all three are good.

Finnish mythology for example, which was one of Gary's inspirations.

Cleric spells are prepackaged gifts from gods or their servants, a reward for service and faith. Clerics don't need to know how they work. Are my AD&D roots showing?

I played a long campaign as a dwarf fighter/psionicist using the "complete psionics" handbook. Was my character overpowered? I don't think so, even using psionics to boost my stats I regularly got my ass handed to me by pure fighters and my one death was from a high-level rogue backstab. Did I...

Frankly, none of the items on the list thrill me. But I can forgive 4E all its sins for bringing the Warlord to my table. So I voted "Other".

Do I remember right that "defending the wall" was also supposed to come with permanent subscriber privileges?

Slots, because I don't want wizards to spam their low-level spells all day long. Points might have been OK if they were scaled differently so that a 1st level spell is still a significant fraction of the pool but they also allowed multiple 6th-9th level spells (at very high cost). For example...

I also did a quick-and-dirty genie pact for my game: Warlocks can form pacts with noble genies, most commonly a djinn or efreet. The djinn pact is similar to the Archfey pact in the PH, and the Efreet pact is similar to the Fiend pact. Djinn pact: Expanded spell list 1st level: Thunderwave...

Me too, it was a really busy time. Badge me please! Ben

I would buy: A psionics book. I don't need psionic versions of every magic-using class, and I don't even need psionic characters to have a spell point system (the slot system works well), but a handful of classes and a nice collection of psionic "spells" and monsters would be great. An updated...

I plan to let players choose 2 spells/level to represent their domain. If you want to have a spell from a supplement, swap out one of the ones from the PH. Same for druids.

Sounds like a really fun game. Good luck! A thought about the gothi: norse stories involving magic were more about learning magic than having it innately; therefore the wizard method of learning and preparing spells might be a better fit. There were a lot of secret codes going on too, such as...