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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal" data-source="post: 5548971" data-attributes="member: 10433">The Problem of WealthIt can be hard to tie down a wizard’s true capability due to the flexibility inherent in the system. The main method is through a pretty strict management of what spells they recover or can research. The wizard can only customize their spell list through what is in their spell book. If there is a strong limit on their spell book, the scope of their abilities is likewise limited. The alchemist class from Bard Games is amazing. It has a bit too much detail, but the excess can be trimmed away. It is almost exactly what I want. However, whether I use it on its own or as a strong foundation from my artificer class, it is far more open ended a class than that of wizards. With wizards there is a choke point, the spell book. Furthermore, only wizards can use wizard spells. While it can be argued that the choke point for alchemists is their formulations, it actually is gold.Whereas wizards have their limitations of use, alchemists have limitations of preparation. A wizard can act X times per day, with Y options. X is governed by level, Y by the campaign. For alchemists, both X and Y are governed by the campaign. While the upper power limit of items is governed by level, alchemists can produce items (potions, dusts, medallions, &c.) as long as they have the money to do so. The amount they can create is limited per day, but not what they can use.Unfortunately, that’s kind of appropriate for a Lawful power. If you have enough nails, you can drive them with your hammer as long as you want. It’s a pain in the neck for balance, however. I’d rather not keep that close an eye on how much gold the characters gain.A solution is to have two tiers of abilities. One tier focuses on the creation of lasting items of artifice. This is “easy”, compared to wizards, and takes money. A second tier are those potent but short-lived items that can be prepared daily but certain variable change, making them useless the next day. These can be alchemical elixirs with a short shelf life, astrological charts that become invalid with the hourly motion of the stars, or even a defensive medallion of hematite and reed that is knocked out of useful alignment after the next battle.Alright, if magic trends towards Chaos and artifice trends towards Law, what does Insight get?Psionics.</blockquote>

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