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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 1767130" data-attributes="member: 114">Interestingly Monte Cook in Arcana Unearthed made this concept one of the core elements of his arcane classes - they can weave together three spell slots of one level to cast a spell of a higher level, or unravel a higher level slot to cast  2 spells of a lower levele.g. turn 3x2nd level slots into a sorcerous blast, and turn a 4th level slot into another two sorcerous blasts. (sorcerous blast is his 3rd level replacement for fireball that - you guessed it - allows you to choose what form of elemental damage you cause at casting time).I only mention this becausea) Arcana Unearthed predates the XPHb) I basically hear nothing but praise for AU and the spell weaving mechanismSo while the number of people playing AU is much less than those playing straight D&D there is a significant community who have been using this kind of setup with no real problems.That leaves the problem as being largely one that exists when in comparison to current D&D arcane casters in your Eberron game. Personally I think the best way of handling this is to specify that the energy type should be chosen and fixed at the time that the power is learnt. There are plenty of energy powers and if someone wants to have all four capabilities 4 out of their total of 436 powers doesn't seem too much to ask of them!Regarding Crystal shards and no saving throw... the "crystal" range of powers is analogous to the Conjuration school of arcane magic - touch attacks with no saving throw and no spell resistance. That is the role which it is designed for, although I wouldn't argue if you were to point out that it could be augmented to cause much more damage than any conjuration spells can mete out as an instantaneous effect!Cheers</blockquote>

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