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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9258945" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Honestly one of my biggest disappointments in D&D has <em>always</em> been how the magic is a weird combination of highly specific and bland and generic. Everything is measured in spell slots and levels, with VSM components (even if M is now deprecated in favour of Focus). If it was actually generic (the way 4e spells frequently were thanks to AEDU) you could add whatever flavour you wanted. But when you have spell slots, spell levels, and VSM, you are also being highly specific.</p><p></p><p>This works pretty well for wizards; I can absolutely believe wizards measure magic in spell slots and spell levels with arcane rules about how many spells of which level per day. It's the sort of thing I'd expect wizards to <em>do.</em> But it feels a lot worse to me when every other type of caster is bound by what feels like wizardly rules (clerics are just Different Wizards here). This is one of the reasons why the warlock is my favourite 5e class, and why I think 5e has far the best take on psionics (they aren't just wizards with the serial numbers filed off).</p><p></p><p>So what do I want for bards ideally? <em>Their own magic</em>. I'd like bardic magic to somehow be more about flow and about ramping up to crescendos. And flexible round illusions and enchantments but able to do more. And whose magic reflects who they are performing to/with. I don't know if something like the <a href="https://www.13thagesrd.com/classes/bard/" target="_blank">13th Age Bard</a> is ideal - but it's closer to what I want than either a full or a half casting bard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 9258945, member: 87792"] Honestly one of my biggest disappointments in D&D has [I]always[/I] been how the magic is a weird combination of highly specific and bland and generic. Everything is measured in spell slots and levels, with VSM components (even if M is now deprecated in favour of Focus). If it was actually generic (the way 4e spells frequently were thanks to AEDU) you could add whatever flavour you wanted. But when you have spell slots, spell levels, and VSM, you are also being highly specific. This works pretty well for wizards; I can absolutely believe wizards measure magic in spell slots and spell levels with arcane rules about how many spells of which level per day. It's the sort of thing I'd expect wizards to [I]do.[/I] But it feels a lot worse to me when every other type of caster is bound by what feels like wizardly rules (clerics are just Different Wizards here). This is one of the reasons why the warlock is my favourite 5e class, and why I think 5e has far the best take on psionics (they aren't just wizards with the serial numbers filed off). So what do I want for bards ideally? [I]Their own magic[/I]. I'd like bardic magic to somehow be more about flow and about ramping up to crescendos. And flexible round illusions and enchantments but able to do more. And whose magic reflects who they are performing to/with. I don't know if something like the [URL='https://www.13thagesrd.com/classes/bard/']13th Age Bard[/URL] is ideal - but it's closer to what I want than either a full or a half casting bard. [/QUOTE]
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