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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neroden" data-source="post: 966815" data-attributes="member: 6063">My usual suggestion is as follows:Add a "Base Spellcasting Level" whichstacks, much like Base Attack Bonus.Full spellcasting classes increase itevery level, "partial" spellcasting classeslike the Paladin and Ranger increase itmore slowly, non-spellcasting classesincrease it most slowly.This, then, replaces "caster level" forall purposes where "caster level" ismentioned in a spell description, for"caster level checks", for magic itemcreation feat prereqs, etc.But it does not change the *spell slot*progression of any of the classes.Then a Wiz10/Sor10 has up to 5th level spells ineach of his classes, but casts them as a 20th level caster.This still leaves him somewhat underpowered relative toa Wiz20, but it makes up quite a large portion of the difference, with no appreciable disadvantages.(So your fighter19 becomes a Wiz1 and can cast the maximum numberof magic missiles with one spell.  That's fine. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> )I don't know why WOTC hasn't implemented this; I've really heard no game balance arguments against it.  Further balance issues can be worked out after this is well playtested. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

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