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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 1069149" data-attributes="member: 96">But the racial relations aren't built into the system at all.&nbsp; It's not like there's a piece of the racial description saying &quot;giants get +2 to all social skills when dealing with Sibbecai&quot;.Heck, there's a lot more 'racial relations' built into the PHB races.&nbsp; Dwarves and their bonuses vs. orcs and goblinoids, for instance - there's none of that in AU.I don't see how it's &quot;confining the effects of magic&quot;, since it's not altering the effects of magic one bit.And the fact that you don't like the akashic is not a measure of its compatability, which is what you were trying to imply.I think it's too early (unless maybe you were a playtester) to tell whether an AU magister would overshadow a wizard in terms of power.&nbsp; There's too many subtle changes - things like many classic favorite spells (mage armor, disintegrate) being exotic so that not everyone will have them, less powerful high-end spells (especially on the 'blaster' end of things - no equivalent of horrid wilting, chain lightning, or meteor swarm), etc.I think that in many instances (mostly dealing with direct damage) the D&amp;D wizard would outshine the magister.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 1069149, member: 96"] But the racial relations aren't built into the system at all. It's not like there's a piece of the racial description saying "giants get +2 to all social skills when dealing with Sibbecai". Heck, there's a lot more 'racial relations' built into the PHB races. Dwarves and their bonuses vs. orcs and goblinoids, for instance - there's none of that in AU. I don't see how it's "confining the effects of magic", since it's not altering the effects of magic one bit. And the fact that you don't like the akashic is not a measure of its compatability, which is what you were trying to imply. I think it's too early (unless maybe you were a playtester) to tell whether an AU magister would overshadow a wizard in terms of power. There's too many subtle changes - things like many classic favorite spells (mage armor, disintegrate) being exotic so that not everyone will have them, less powerful high-end spells (especially on the 'blaster' end of things - no equivalent of horrid wilting, chain lightning, or meteor swarm), etc. I think that in many instances (mostly dealing with direct damage) the D&D wizard would outshine the magister. J [/QUOTE]

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