billd91
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I'm not sure how good your chance of disrupting a spell is. Spell casting times are equal to the spell level, but weapon speed factors are usually higher. For example, long sword has a speed factor of 5. The fighter is going to be at an initiative disadvantage until high level spells. How did you run this?
Weapon speeds were actually optional, but if you used them, they generally reduced by 1 per + of the weapon.
But even so, it's really when you get the higher level spells that this becomes a major issue. The wizards have to trade off a more powerful spell for a quick less powerful one.
Plus, if you got initiative, as long as you hit the spellcaster before his initiative roll came up, he couldn't cast the spell. So even with a slower weapon, with a better roll than the spell caster's, you had a decent chance to disrupt. With cyclical initiative and most spells being just a standard action, the only way to catch one mid-cast is with a held action or AoO. In 1e/2e, you could pre-empt.