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<blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 2235438" data-attributes="member: 94"><p>Yes, but I think he's asking what he'd need to change, not a laundry list of why GT as written is "low magic." I'm confident Psion gets it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's nothing wrong with having the "serious" spellcasters spend all their talents on casting skills. A spellcaster should be a spellcaster-- if you want to "multiclass" into other talents, GT makes it easy; but there's no reason to expect that you can have a spellcaster/swashbuckler who is every bit the swashbuckler and a maxxed out spellcaster to boot.</p><p></p><p>I think I understand what you're saying; Psion wants to use GT because it provides options. But choosing to be a "single class" spellcaster and pouring all your talents and feats into spellcasting doesn't mean you didn't have options to begin with.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the Improved Caster Level talent, you could have an I.C.L. feat, which would keep the GT spellcaster on a pace with, for example, a sorcerer. He'd spend all his "d20M" feats and talents on "+1 caster level" each level, and he'd still have his 1/3/6/9/etc. feats for whatever, so his advancement would mirror the sorcerer. But he'd have the opportunity to branch out and take a different feat or talent every now and then.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I would keep ICL as a talent, but offer other ways to increase caster level-- ley lines, power nexuses, extra casting time, expendable and permanent fetishes/talismans, etc. But this is a matter of flavor.</p><p></p><p>Wulf</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wulf Ratbane, post: 2235438, member: 94"] Yes, but I think he's asking what he'd need to change, not a laundry list of why GT as written is "low magic." I'm confident Psion gets it. There's nothing wrong with having the "serious" spellcasters spend all their talents on casting skills. A spellcaster should be a spellcaster-- if you want to "multiclass" into other talents, GT makes it easy; but there's no reason to expect that you can have a spellcaster/swashbuckler who is every bit the swashbuckler and a maxxed out spellcaster to boot. I think I understand what you're saying; Psion wants to use GT because it provides options. But choosing to be a "single class" spellcaster and pouring all your talents and feats into spellcasting doesn't mean you didn't have options to begin with. In addition to the Improved Caster Level talent, you could have an I.C.L. feat, which would keep the GT spellcaster on a pace with, for example, a sorcerer. He'd spend all his "d20M" feats and talents on "+1 caster level" each level, and he'd still have his 1/3/6/9/etc. feats for whatever, so his advancement would mirror the sorcerer. But he'd have the opportunity to branch out and take a different feat or talent every now and then. Personally, I would keep ICL as a talent, but offer other ways to increase caster level-- ley lines, power nexuses, extra casting time, expendable and permanent fetishes/talismans, etc. But this is a matter of flavor. Wulf [/QUOTE]
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