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<blockquote data-quote="Rothe_" data-source="post: 4983682" data-attributes="member: 84765">If you like the concept of classifying spells in terms of power and complexity for &quot;in-game&quot; reasons, you could just decide on a classification system in general terms.For example:&nbsp;- At-wills (1st level) are basic spells that any novice would be able to use, same goes for things like Cantrips (predestigation etc).&nbsp;- Encounter spells could be classified as advanced magic, with associated power levels (for example a level 1 encounter spell might be a &quot;circle I spell&quot; and then a third level encounter spell would be &quot;circle II spell&quot; since it is the next time you get encounter spells.&nbsp;- Daily spells would be complex spells that have their own rating, since they are so difficult to use that you can manage to cast about 1 of each per day. You could call them something like &quot;tiers&quot; or &quot;traditions&quot; or whatever. If it feels good to call a 1st level daily a &quot;An arcane incantation of the 1st tradition&quot; then do it that way. Space them out so that 1st, 5th and 9th level dailies correspond to 1st, 2nd and 3rd &quot;traditions&quot; or whatever classification you wish to use.&nbsp;- Make some similar arrangement for utility spells. Call them &quot;knacks&quot; or something and give them levels.&nbsp;- Rituals deserve a similar treatment, perhaps they are called &quot;weaves&quot; or something like that.&nbsp;It should be fairly simple to come up with a system where you have spell levels in &quot;in-game&quot; terms and then you can refer to those when you play to keep in character.&nbsp;You could call spells of the different classes with different types of names, so that bard spells are instead songs or poems etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rothe_, post: 4983682, member: 84765"] If you like the concept of classifying spells in terms of power and complexity for "in-game" reasons, you could just decide on a classification system in general terms. For example: - At-wills (1st level) are basic spells that any novice would be able to use, same goes for things like Cantrips (predestigation etc). - Encounter spells could be classified as advanced magic, with associated power levels (for example a level 1 encounter spell might be a "circle I spell" and then a third level encounter spell would be "circle II spell" since it is the next time you get encounter spells. - Daily spells would be complex spells that have their own rating, since they are so difficult to use that you can manage to cast about 1 of each per day. You could call them something like "tiers" or "traditions" or whatever. If it feels good to call a 1st level daily a "An arcane incantation of the 1st tradition" then do it that way. Space them out so that 1st, 5th and 9th level dailies correspond to 1st, 2nd and 3rd "traditions" or whatever classification you wish to use. - Make some similar arrangement for utility spells. Call them "knacks" or something and give them levels. - Rituals deserve a similar treatment, perhaps they are called "weaves" or something like that. It should be fairly simple to come up with a system where you have spell levels in "in-game" terms and then you can refer to those when you play to keep in character. You could call spells of the different classes with different types of names, so that bard spells are instead songs or poems etc. [/QUOTE]

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