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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 3360093" data-attributes="member: 9045">So do you think that a casting check sink for the Sor offsets this problem, or is the only way to pace the Sor back with the Wiz to limit his spells in some way?  What if the DC for learning a new spell was higher, but got lower every time he studied the same spell being cast?  That way he’d stabnd a good chance of NOT learning the spell the first time he saw it, but would instead be watching the party Wiz cast that spell he hasn’t grasped yet every time the Wiz casts it?  Eventually yes he’d probably learn every spell the Wiz knows, but it’d take him a lot longer to do it, and he’s still have a chance of flubbing his casting check?So you did, I just missed that part.  Sorry bout that.Hmm, just for the same of lower level Sorcerers I wouldn’t go higher than *3, *4 is just cruel.  And with *3 you still have that range of exceptional Sorcerers who have that 40% chance.  Hey, that’s what being exceptional’s all about, right?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So…  we change casting check to 15 + (spell level *3), and throw in a check sink, and you think he’s put back in his place?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Or is just increasing the casting check good?If we need both, let’s see here…  a check sink…  well casting itself just got a lot harder on the poor Sor…  maybe he takes a -1 to his casting check rolls for the day for every failed casting check he makes?  Or is that too generous?</blockquote>

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