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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 3407201" data-attributes="member: 9789">Two ideas about how mana pools should work for prepared casters:- they should have enough mana to cast around 4 of their highest level spells at the level they can cast it (this is because you need AT LEAST that much mana to approximate the lower level valences, and I don't believe this is too much).  At even levels, they should have around 5 "highest casts."Edit:  for the first 4 levels, however, this should probably be more like 3.  This is because you don't have enough lower level valences to make any difference (see code below).- bonus mana from high stats could give mana equal to the two highest level spells they can cast (as opposed to the single highest spell like sorcs); for example, the 20th level wizard with a +8 Int bonus would have 25 + 40 = 65 extra mana.  This seems to fit well with the pattern given in the chart above, especially if we're aiming for around 2/3rds - 4/5ths capacity.Another cool thing about how this is all working out:  65 points (one 9th level) equals (not including zeros) 1/2/1/1/1/1/1.  So, to get something equal to normal strength, five 9ths will just about cover the level 20 progression as such:[code]d20: 6/6/6/5/5/5/4/2/11st: 0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/12nd: 0/0/0/0/0/0/1/1/03rd: 0/0/0/0/0/0/1/1/04th: 1/2/1/1/1/1/1/0/05th: 1/2/1/1/1/1/1/0/0[/code]That gives you all your best spells with a slight fewer low levels, BUT you don't get TOO many casts of your best spells, and you can fire off zillions of low levels if you want.</blockquote>

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