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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5978173" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>While I agree with your point about what timing does to targeting of spells, the targeting of casters is a big step in leveling the playing field btween casters and non-casters.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps a compromise...</p><p></p><p>I proposed elsewhere in this forum that spells have cantrip, spell, and ritual forms, with each step representing a change in power and casting time.</p><p></p><p>Returning to Fireball, its cantrip form would be, essentially, at will, quick to cast, and virtually impossible to disrupt due to its simplicity and speed. However, it would also be quite weak as far as damage (possibly even expressed in d4s), and it would have a reduced range & AoE (say...a 5x5 square). It would be like a small grenade.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">(The alternative version of the cantrip could let the caster launch several 1d4 balls at individual targets, no AoE)</span></p><p></p><p>The spell form would be much as we know it today, but with a longer casting time. It would be like a stick of dynamite.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">(One alternate spell form could let the caster cast multiple standard cantrip versions of the spell.)</span></p><p></p><p>One ritual form would have a much longer casting time, but it's range would be long, its AoE large, and it's damage high (more & bigger dice). This would be like an artillery round or a heavy bomb.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">(Another form might let the caster launch multiple standard spell versions of Fireball.)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5978173, member: 19675"] While I agree with your point about what timing does to targeting of spells, the targeting of casters is a big step in leveling the playing field btween casters and non-casters. Perhaps a compromise... I proposed elsewhere in this forum that spells have cantrip, spell, and ritual forms, with each step representing a change in power and casting time. Returning to Fireball, its cantrip form would be, essentially, at will, quick to cast, and virtually impossible to disrupt due to its simplicity and speed. However, it would also be quite weak as far as damage (possibly even expressed in d4s), and it would have a reduced range & AoE (say...a 5x5 square). It would be like a small grenade. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"](The alternative version of the cantrip could let the caster launch several 1d4 balls at individual targets, no AoE)[/COLOR] The spell form would be much as we know it today, but with a longer casting time. It would be like a stick of dynamite. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"](One alternate spell form could let the caster cast multiple standard cantrip versions of the spell.)[/COLOR] One ritual form would have a much longer casting time, but it's range would be long, its AoE large, and it's damage high (more & bigger dice). This would be like an artillery round or a heavy bomb. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"](Another form might let the caster launch multiple standard spell versions of Fireball.)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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