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<blockquote data-quote="DrSpunj" data-source="post: 1606613" data-attributes="member: 994">Right, but I have a problem with your underlying assumption; namely that the Core system is balanced in the first place! That's most of the reason I'm switching to the AU magic system, because it removes a great number of variables that I'm anxious to get rid of.It's very difficult to argue (for or against, IMO) that Clerics deserve better HD, BAB, Weapon &amp; Armor Profs, Divine Armored Casting, etc. because their Divine spells suck so much compared to Wizard/Sorcerer spells. Once you start throwing in how Divine casters need to pray at nearly the same time every day while Arcane casters must get 8 good hours of rest to memorize spells, Divine casters have access to entire spell lists while Wizards &amp; Sorcerers get 2 free each level, and other major differences...well, it's just too much for me.It certainly gives some distinction between the classes, but my whole system is about leveling the playing field and scrapping those same distinctions. You've come up with an excellent mana conversion of the Core magic system, I just believe that the underlying Core magic system is flawed.Regardless, I'm glad it works for you and the system ouini's working on. There's certainly room for a number of different ways to do things. After all, I've only seen, read or heard about a very small fraction of DMs who run everything &quot;by the book&quot;. To me this is just your version of a personal House Rule. &lt;shrug&gt;Thanks.DrSpunj</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrSpunj, post: 1606613, member: 994"] Right, but I have a problem with your underlying assumption; namely that [i]the Core system is balanced in the first place[/i]! That's most of the reason I'm switching to the AU magic system, because it removes a great number of variables that I'm anxious to get rid of. It's very difficult to argue (for or against, IMO) that Clerics deserve better HD, BAB, Weapon & Armor Profs, Divine Armored Casting, etc. because their Divine spells suck so much compared to Wizard/Sorcerer spells. Once you start throwing in how Divine casters need to pray at nearly the same time every day while Arcane casters must get 8 good hours of rest to memorize spells, Divine casters have access to entire spell lists while Wizards & Sorcerers get 2 free each level, and other major differences...well, it's just too much for me. It certainly gives some distinction between the classes, but my whole system is about leveling the playing field and scrapping those same distinctions. You've come up with an excellent mana conversion of the Core magic system, I just believe that the underlying Core magic system is flawed. Regardless, I'm glad it works for you and the system [b]ouini[/b]'s working on. There's certainly room for a number of different ways to do things. After all, I've only seen, read or heard about a very small fraction of DMs who run [i]everything[/i] "by the book". To me this is just your version of a personal House Rule. <shrug> Thanks. DrSpunj [/QUOTE]

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