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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 9842790" data-attributes="member: 20564">Going to go a little hog wild here following a random thought.  There's lots of good thoughts here and I'm not trying to replace any of them, I'm just thinking "what if 6e is further out-of-the-box".Back when I started, Moldvay Basic only contained levels 1-3.  You needed to grab the expert set to go higher.  And much more recently we had 4e with an interesting system with a base class, a paragon class that added to levels 11-20, and an epic class that added to 21-30.  But unlike subclasses, you could take any paragon or epic class that you qualified for.  Something some were sad was missing from 5e.Can we play around with this to make a couple of different casters, including a simple one?  Sure, let's give it a shot.Say 6e had a "foundation" class that you take from 1st to 5th that defines you chassis.  You will take a different class after it, but this foundation class will impact how your later class advances and manifests.Maybe we could have some foundational casters like:Hedge Caster - Hedge witch, non-full-caster bard. simple caster, invocations to do things many other casters do with spells.  No spells known, maybe slots to power some invocations.Sage - learned caster, could be a traditional wizard.  Most class power tied up in spells only.Bloodline Caster - sorcerer niche, but with more focused spells known.  Elementalists, whatever.  Mid flexibility, and some power boosts.Devoted - someone who gets their magic from a power source like a deity, patron, "nature", etc.  Tiny base-class spell list, most spells granted by subclass (domain, patron, nature, etc).  Due to less flexibility, gets more power elsewhere (better HD/proficiencies, extra powers, invocations, etc.)Martial Caster - bladesingers, anime martial artists, arcane archers, paladins.  Slots power things, self-buffs, volley spells, etc.And multiclassing feats to get slower progression access.  Like a ranger-type might be a skill monkey foundational class that gets a free multiclassing feat and uses it for Devoted (Nature).Eh, it's all off the top of my head, not even sure if I like it.  <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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