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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9669617" data-attributes="member: 58172">Bard became a full caster because the mythologically accurate bard is a reallife cultural heritage, and is highly magical. For example, Merlin is a bard (not a wizard). The slot 9 Shapechange spell is a Celtic bard spell, borrowed from a tradition about dueling magic.Warlock means a kind of 'witch'. How could this not be a full caster?I agree with you here.In a magical setting, some skills can be applied magically.Medicine should heal or poison.Animal Handling should deal with a pet.Nature should do alchemy, metallurgy, elemental magic, physics, math.Survival should do botany, zoology, ecosystems, environmentalism.I would add, Persuasion should inflict Charmed, and Intimidation Frightened. Investigation do Divination.I feel any character needs to be able to attempt to perform a magical Ritual by reading instruction, following a mentor, or more dangerously experimenting. The success of any Ritual should depend on a skill check. Typically, a Ritual should require a Short Rest. Rituals never need slots, because they are not personal magic. They tap into the magical properties of the elements, or other ingredients, or a magical community, or so on. However, a mage can spend a personal spell slot to guarantee a successful outcome.Every Ritual, by definition, should list what happens when the skill check fails and the spell goes wrong.d20 Result: Ritual Effect5 above DC: astonishingly abundant successDC: success5 below DC: failureless than 5 below: something goes horribly wrongWhen a mage spends a spell slot to guarantee a successful Ritual Effect, the astonishingly abundant success is not possible.A Ritual can be anything with any requirement, often symbolic ingredients, behaviors, or timings. Most Rituals require Concentration, a few might be done accidentally. But any character can at least attempt to perform any ritual.</blockquote>

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