Thornir Alekeg
Albatross!
It comes back to the class feature aspect. As a wizard or sorcerer, your every-day job is the manipulation of arcane energies released as spells. Gaining levels in your class leads to improved ability/power in your main job. Crafting magic items is an side activity currently represented by the feat systems. You don't devote the same amount of time and effort to it, so gaining new abilities should not automatically happen when you gain levels in your main job. The selection of new feats represents making a choice to learn more things on the side. That is the way I would prefer to see this in 4e.bgaesop said:I really don't see how this:
doesn't apply to this:Originally Posted by Thornir Alekeg
It is still the manipulation of arcane energies just manifested differently. Besides it is a class feature, it doesn't have to make senseMaking an enchantment take in a sheet of steel seems to me to be very different than in an liquid. Yes, you could say you learn both in a talent tree, but my preference would be for there to be individual choices rather than a single tree.
Now, for an Artificer class, this would be different because the creation of magic items is their main job.