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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 3056986" data-attributes="member: 29252">Well, with the mandatory XP costs for some seeds when done by a Wizard/Sorcerer where a Cleric/Druid doesn't face them, and no mirrored extra costs for the Cleric/Druid where a Wizard/Sorcerer doesn't face them, you're making the  Epic magic easier on the divine casters than the arcane - which means, compared to the Cleric or Druid, the Wizard or Sorcerer is going to be a bit behind in terms of Magic.... and the Cleric or Druid are often considered two of the most powerful/flexible classes to begin with.  If you mirror the mandatory XP costs on other useful seeds, so that the Divine casters have to deal with XP costs where the Arcane casters don't (think, perhaps, the differences between Planar Ally and Planar Binding) then you can maintain something closer to balance between the two types of magic.  Otherwise, well, the Wizard trying to do Epic Clerical stuff is going to be falling behind faster than the Cleric trying to do Epic Wizard stuff.Or am I totally off base here?  Keep the sacred cow; just, you know, hamper the other side a roughly equal amount.</blockquote>