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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9464018" data-attributes="member: 6801228">If I had to make a guess, it was to close the gap with Wizards. In 2014, ignoring the feat and special abilities for a moment, the following classes had innate ritual magic: Wizard, Druid, Cleric, and Bard. However, out of all of those, only the Wizard could ritually cast spells that they did not prepare. So, the heirarchy went a bit like this. Can cast any ritual spell you know at any time --> WizardCan cast any ritual spell you have prepared with a preparation slot --> Bard, Cleric, DruidHave magic, but can't access rituals innately --> Warlock, Sorcerer, Ranger, Paladin, Arcane Trickster, Eldritch KnightNow, look at what the abilities did: Tome of Ancient Secrets made Warlocks the BEST ritualists, better than wizards. Ritual Caster made anyone who took it as good as a wizard, but better than the other classes. So, modified you getRitual anytime, any spell --> WarlockRitual anytime, choose a spell list --> Ritual Caster Feat, WizardCan use Rituals if prepared for the day --> Cleric, Druid, BardLiterally everyone else. So, without the feat, wizards were the best, unless a Warlock wanted to be better. With the feat, everyone was a wizard (usually literally as Wizard was the best ritual spell list) and the worst ritualists were the people who had the ability innately. And, it really is hard to overstate how POWERFUL wizard ritual casting is. Having an answer to a problem just 10 minutes away with no immediate resource cost is really big. Clerics and Druids rarely considered their rituals, because rituals are best for unforeseen problems. But, it was also hard to justify taking Ritual Caster when you could cast rituals.With the changes, everyone is now at the same level, except for wizards which edge out ahead. And now ritual caster is nearly equally good for everyone, with it actually being best for Wizards, who previously would (almost) never take it, because they gained so little from doing so.</blockquote>

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