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<blockquote data-quote="Cynlas" data-source="post: 3134423" data-attributes="member: 34699">That works. It even makes sense, once we pull out of the D&amp;D mentality that the weapon itself should be the basis of damage delt. &nbsp;No problem, I just thought you might already have one for the Whm or Blm like you did for the other spellcasters presented. But then, the Dragoon and Crusader spell lists are probably a lot shorter than a true mage's list!As to the D20 re-conversions, I have actually been working on two &quot;levels&quot; of conversions. The first that I started with was a pretty transparent, template-like, overlay to the standard D20 classes. Thus my wife's White mage cast spells at the same rate and level as the Cleric, but without armor and at a reduced BAB, and the special Whm abilities are reappointed to levels based on where they fall in relation to spell levels (and a little arbitrary placement). The second conversions I have begun working on are a more faithful adaptation ot the FFZ versions, to include MP and other issues. In this version, however, I had to stray from the 1 D20 level = 2 FFZ levels somewhat, as there are still more FFZ levels after such than exist in standard D20. Thus I when with a 2/3 alternating conversion to make it all fit. Basically, the level conversions in this case looks like the following:&nbsp;D20 ---------- FFZLevel --------- Levels&nbsp; 1 -------------1-2&nbsp; 2 -------------3-5&nbsp; 3 -------------6-7&nbsp; 4 -------------8-10&nbsp; 5 ------------11-12ect.......The main reason for this is preserving the respective power levels for spellcasters, thus assuring that the D20 version is truly capable of casting the equivalent number of spells as their FFZ counterpart. I suppose I could have been more arbitrary in just assigning MP for each level, but thats no fun <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> In retrospect, it gives a slight conditional boost to the D20 caster, as a 4th level D20 Blm has more MP than an 8th or 9th level FFZ counterpart, but equal MP to a 10th level FFZ caster.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cynlas, post: 3134423, member: 34699"] That works. It even makes sense, once we pull out of the D&D mentality that the weapon itself should be the basis of damage delt. No problem, I just thought you might already have one for the Whm or Blm like you did for the other spellcasters presented. But then, the Dragoon and Crusader spell lists are probably a lot shorter than a true mage's list! As to the D20 re-conversions, I have actually been working on two "levels" of conversions. The first that I started with was a pretty transparent, template-like, overlay to the standard D20 classes. Thus my wife's White mage cast spells at the same rate and level as the Cleric, but without armor and at a reduced BAB, and the special Whm abilities are reappointed to levels based on where they fall in relation to spell levels (and a little arbitrary placement). The second conversions I have begun working on are a more faithful adaptation ot the FFZ versions, to include MP and other issues. In this version, however, I had to stray from the 1 D20 level = 2 FFZ levels somewhat, as there are still more FFZ levels after such than exist in standard D20. Thus I when with a 2/3 alternating conversion to make it all fit. Basically, the level conversions in this case looks like the following: D20 ---------- FFZ Level --------- Levels 1 -------------1-2 2 -------------3-5 3 -------------6-7 4 -------------8-10 5 ------------11-12 ect....... The main reason for this is preserving the respective power levels for spellcasters, thus assuring that the D20 version is truly capable of casting the equivalent number of spells as their FFZ counterpart. I suppose I could have been more arbitrary in just assigning MP for each level, but thats no fun ;) In retrospect, it gives a slight conditional boost to the D20 caster, as a 4th level D20 Blm has more MP than an 8th or 9th level FFZ counterpart, but equal MP to a 10th level FFZ caster. [/QUOTE]

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