Extra Spell

[Felix]

1) They're using the FAQ for Eratta again and...
2)...WotC about this kind of thing with M:tG- don't screw with the mechanics-...

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Looking at what you posted, I just don't see this. They specifically said the two systems are different and that the differences were based on that.

They didn't say the designers intended it- it was R&D. That sounds like a process started after publication.

 

[IanB]

They didn't say the designers intended it- it was R&D. That sounds like a process started after publication.

In WotC parlance, R&D = design and development. The designers would definitely be included in that statement.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I'm coming late to the party, but, "No, this feat doesn't allow you to learn spells not on your class spell list."

This is a feat aimed squarely at sorcerors and bards.

 

[irdeggman]

They didn't say the designers intended it- it was R&D. That sounds like a process started after publication.

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CustServ Answer
This is definitely intentional and really has to do with the difference between Psionics and Magic.


It looks like for balance issues, the good people in R&D decided that being able to pull a spell that isn't already on your class list would be too powerful.

Break it down to the 2 sentences.

The first states "This is definitely intentional and really has to do with the difference between Psionics and Magic."

The second is an opinion and not a statement of fact. It could also be a guess based on someone trying to dig deeper into the "why". This has nothing to do with factual statement preceeding it though.

 

[Felix]

This is a feat aimed squarely at sorcerors and bards.

No doubt this is so. And how does it relate to them? Does it allow Sorcerers to choose Cure Light Wounds? As written, of course, as the FAQ otherwise neatly solves that problem.

And even if aimed at sorcerers and bards, it does not keep others from taking it; how do the mechanics work?

If the feat allows sorcerers to learn from outside their spell list, and if the wording of the feat does not change from spontaneous to memorized caster, then why would the feat work differently and not allow memory casters to learn any spell? (Note: the ability to cast said spell is not yet in question; merely their ability to learn it. The two are not necessarily synonamous.)

 

[wildstarsreach]

Also a Duskblade with Arcane Disciple is another way to channel divine spells.

Funny thing is I could take 3 levels of wizard and get wraithstrike. Not the flavor that I want.

 

[wildstarsreach]

Arcane feats, just like psionic feats but only weaker.

 

[wildstarsreach]

I love the Duskblade class. I've been mulling over ideas that I will send to piazo for dragon publication. This list has helped with suggested ideas. I will post them after I submit them to piazo. Also, I didn't mean to get you guys in a heated debeat. Hug each other and make nice.



This is said tongue and cheek.

 

[Vegepygmy]

Funny thing is I could take 3 levels of wizard and get wraithstrike. Not the flavor that I want.

Yes, I'm sure it's the "flavor" that's distasteful to you. Not that it would screw up your hit points, BAB, caster level, class abilities, or any of the myriad other mechanical reasons to avoid multiclassing...but the flavor.