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<blockquote data-quote="AnotherGuy" data-source="post: 9449080" data-attributes="member: 7029930">In 3.5e the psion used points and the psionic powers were beautifully crafted in that they allowed a lot of flexibility.A little of this was carried through to the 5e's sorcerer with his sorcery points and metamagic capabilities.However what appears to be missing within your analysis of 5e is that the engine used by a 5e casting class enforces a particular theme.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wizards are bookish and thus their spells are structured and perfectly prepared with little room for flexibility. (We can certainly debate whether there should be more upcast capability or ritual casting); while</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sorcerers are suited to a mana pool which they expend to twist and manipulate spells in weird and wonderful ways.</li>
</ul>If everyone uses the same system - you have sacrificed the theme for flexibility.Unfortunately in DC20 it appears your &quot;cheesing your bonus action&quot; has been replaced by &quot;cheesing your action points&quot;.It's not a fix but a replacement by those that don't enjoy the D&amp;D method. Nothing was solved, instead you allowed for power gamers to power game more.Very few things which I wanted addressed were addressed by DC20 and what I instead found was that DC20 created new unnecessary issues.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AnotherGuy, post: 9449080, member: 7029930"] In 3.5e the psion used points and the psionic powers were beautifully crafted in that they allowed a lot of flexibility. A little of this was carried through to the 5e's sorcerer with his sorcery points and metamagic capabilities. However what appears to be missing within your analysis of 5e is that the engine used by a 5e casting class enforces a particular theme. [LIST] [*]Wizards are bookish and thus their spells are structured and perfectly prepared with little room for flexibility. (We can certainly debate whether there should be more upcast capability or ritual casting); while [*]Sorcerers are suited to a mana pool which they expend to twist and manipulate spells in weird and wonderful ways. [/LIST] If everyone uses the same system - you have sacrificed the theme for flexibility. Unfortunately in DC20 it appears your "cheesing your bonus action" has been replaced by "cheesing your action points". It's not a fix but a replacement by those that don't enjoy the D&D method. Nothing was solved, instead you allowed for power gamers to power game more. Very few things which I wanted addressed were addressed by DC20 and what I instead found was that DC20 created new unnecessary issues. [/QUOTE]

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