The Wizard is my favorite class. I love it. Good spells, good stuff. I don't care for the Sorceror because I like a LOT of versatility (Even though it most certainly has its' perks and curiousness).
However, someone said they'd like to see a wizard who doesn't gain his magic from simply reading books. So I started wondering how to do this.
Then I came up with an idea, one the magic article in Dragon helped re-affirm, and a very Basic idea. Outsiders. Literature is full of information about wizards who draw their power by relations with the Outer beings.
Perhaps the best method would be to convert the Wizard's main stat from Int to Cha. Or a joining of Int and Cha. I'll explain why.
Summoners draw their magic from bargaining with Outsiders, learning spells to get Outsiders to do their work for them. But this can branch into learning Elemental fueled magics (By being taught by elementals and bargaining for spells), or tapping into Shadow, or whatever you want. Thus, a use of CHA shows in their ability to persuade outsiders for the information.
Essentially, everything stays the same. The spells themselves don't change, but their visual effects are Outsiders doing the work (For instance, Web is made up of hundreds of tiny little insect-like daemons that swarm and cling to the target, but Fire scares them away; a Flaming Sphere is represented by an ethereal being of fire attacking the individual).
How spells are kept and memorized is handled Here.
Knowledge skills could be Int based, or maybe Cha? Bluff and Diplomacy could be class skills. Their main caster stat would be Cha, but they would have the Wizard's spell progression (Learned, cast per day).
What do people think?
However, someone said they'd like to see a wizard who doesn't gain his magic from simply reading books. So I started wondering how to do this.
Then I came up with an idea, one the magic article in Dragon helped re-affirm, and a very Basic idea. Outsiders. Literature is full of information about wizards who draw their power by relations with the Outer beings.
Perhaps the best method would be to convert the Wizard's main stat from Int to Cha. Or a joining of Int and Cha. I'll explain why.
Summoners draw their magic from bargaining with Outsiders, learning spells to get Outsiders to do their work for them. But this can branch into learning Elemental fueled magics (By being taught by elementals and bargaining for spells), or tapping into Shadow, or whatever you want. Thus, a use of CHA shows in their ability to persuade outsiders for the information.
Essentially, everything stays the same. The spells themselves don't change, but their visual effects are Outsiders doing the work (For instance, Web is made up of hundreds of tiny little insect-like daemons that swarm and cling to the target, but Fire scares them away; a Flaming Sphere is represented by an ethereal being of fire attacking the individual).
How spells are kept and memorized is handled Here.
Knowledge skills could be Int based, or maybe Cha? Bluff and Diplomacy could be class skills. Their main caster stat would be Cha, but they would have the Wizard's spell progression (Learned, cast per day).
What do people think?
