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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigurd" data-source="post: 3453281" data-attributes="member: 19412">There are certain spells, Fireball, for example which for some people are the cream of a particular level. (Fireball may not be your fave - thats not the point). The Level system forces effort on various levels. Fireball at level 3 is well above the value of 3 magic missiles.Without some care, blasters will have a very free hand converting all their magic power into the best ammunition they can arrange. A straight point system will allow a caster to pull magic from less popular levels and focus all his\her magic in the cherry picked spells of choice.So instead of being able to cast 3 fireballs a day at 7th level. A sorcerer would be able to cast  8 or so.  (assuming a high int) Thats more firepower than you'd expect from a 7th level char. The tendency will be to bring big damage spells into battle fast and sort everything out when the enemy is dead - utility spells will suffer. Further,  by streamlining the choice of spells metamagic feats become more powerful and specialized.SigurdFireball may not be the best example but it is the clearest one.</blockquote>