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tell me about the magic system.

is this a variant base class? where do i find it?

no, i would limit them to the sorcerer's spells known list, probably. and it may be a good idea to just start calling them sorcerers (or mages or something) to eliminate confusion, but i still want them to be cloistered. i still want them to learn their spells from ancient tomes and scrolls...

Jason and the Argonauts, if i'm not mistaken... maybe one version of the Labors of Hercules, as well.

isn't this exactly what the UA system does? i never understood why. it's like they're saying that effects like range and duration don't warrant the expenditure of extra spell points. in my understanding, augmentation raises effective caster level beyond the minimum level needed to cast the...

kind a sorta... they still prepare their spells, which is one thing i'm trying to leave behind.

yknow, i just assumed that the easiest way to keep class balance with a spell points system was to try and give casters the same amount of spellcasting power as they have now under the Vancian system. everyone seems to think that spell points throw a big wrench into the system, though...

oh, is that why XPH and UA used those numbers? i thought they were just being arbitrary. it seemed much less confusing to me to just say "twice the spell level" instead of bringing subtraction into it. not confusing so much, but just one extra step i didn't see the point in. now i do. i'll...

when you're home-brewing, how in-depth to you go into the races in your campaign world? how do you convey info about these races to your players? do you write a bio piece for each race, a la Races of Faerun? do you just give your players a brief oral description and leave the rest to be...

simplicity. yes. i don't know that flexibility necessarily equates to power, but if that's what i need to do to leave fire-and-forget behind, then it's a regrettably necessary evil. um... i'm trying to make spontaneous casting the only casting, not make it obsolete. and no, one of the things i...

ok, a thread that i started earlier compared the psion class with the wizard using the UA spell point system. we found that, under this variant, the wizard did not have the same spellcasting potential as the psion. it seemed to be a consensual opinion that the UA spell points system was...

take a look at the psion class, then take a look at the wizard class. they look pretty similar. same proficiencies, two skill points per level, d4 hit die, bonus feats at the same levels, etc. pay close attention to how many power points the psion gains per level. now look at the UA spell points...

yknow... i just realized i put this in the wrong thread... come see it at its new home in D&D Rules.

take a look at the psion class, then take a look at the wizard class. they look pretty similar. same proficiencies, two skill points per level, d4 hit die, bonus feats at the same levels, etc. pay close attention to how many power points the psion gains per level. now look at the UA spell...

Indeed. This is the appeal for me.

what are your expectations for this book? how tight a lid is WotC keeping on it? there's been some speculation on the WotC boards that it might feature a revised Lasher PrC. I may be willing to shell out the cash for that alone, but i wonder what other goodies it has in store...

i've been thinking about using a similar system in my campaign. mainly, my interest in this was piqued by scenes from the HBO series Carnivale, where the main character had healing powers, but he had to siphon life from other things. however, touch contact would not always be necessary for the...

ditto. following this logic, you wouldn't let a human choose blind-fight with his bonus feat? being aware through scent that an invisible being is present doesn't allow you to attack them, it just means that you won't be flat-footed when the dagger falls. maybe not even that... scent seems...

nope, poisons don't have individual entries in the DMG: just the table with costs, saves, and effects. any other input on this?

fabulous. oh, and for everyone who asked, let me reiterate: IMC, there's no such thing as half-orcs. just orcs. orcs that use the stats of half-orcs. so yes, full-blooded orcs would get the scent ability too... and probably the intimidate bonus.