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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8177902" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>I voted "2nd". The reason is simple; you have to be level 3 to cast them. That means you have done more than "just study and be a natural", no matter how you slice it. In my campaigns NPC's with actual "Classes" are not common...NPC's that are level 3 or higher in a Class are quite rare (and exponentially more rare the higher the level).</p><p></p><p>Someone that can break the laws of 'physics' is doing something SUPER powerful by that very nature...even if it's a Cantrip/Orison. When a single person can decide the outcome of some situation with just a few words, some ingredients, and some wiggling of fingers and a hand gesture... c'mon! THAT is POWER! And to be able to kill someone with just a few words? At any time? And leaving no 'evidence' it was you if nobody was there to witness? ... ... on the flip side... To then have someone come in and talk to the Gods, Spirits, Animals, Plants or even the dead guy him/her self? Fugeddaboudit!</p><p></p><p>"I didn't do it! I'm innocent"</p><p>[investigator casts spell on the corpse] "Hey, who killed you?"</p><p>[corpse points finger at Bob and says, "Bob killed me"]</p><p>"YOU SONNUVA...! Bob! You never could keep your mouth shut!"</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>So, yeah, I go with 2nd for "real power" because it takes effort to get to be able to cast them, and they are above what someone could learn "just by practice and study" (re: 1st level spells you get when you are level 1).</p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 8177902, member: 45197"] Hiya! I voted "2nd". The reason is simple; you have to be level 3 to cast them. That means you have done more than "just study and be a natural", no matter how you slice it. In my campaigns NPC's with actual "Classes" are not common...NPC's that are level 3 or higher in a Class are quite rare (and exponentially more rare the higher the level). Someone that can break the laws of 'physics' is doing something SUPER powerful by that very nature...even if it's a Cantrip/Orison. When a single person can decide the outcome of some situation with just a few words, some ingredients, and some wiggling of fingers and a hand gesture... c'mon! THAT is POWER! And to be able to kill someone with just a few words? At any time? And leaving no 'evidence' it was you if nobody was there to witness? ... ... on the flip side... To then have someone come in and talk to the Gods, Spirits, Animals, Plants or even the dead guy him/her self? Fugeddaboudit! "I didn't do it! I'm innocent" [investigator casts spell on the corpse] "Hey, who killed you?" [corpse points finger at Bob and says, "Bob killed me"] "YOU SONNUVA...! Bob! You never could keep your mouth shut!" ;) So, yeah, I go with 2nd for "real power" because it takes effort to get to be able to cast them, and they are above what someone could learn "just by practice and study" (re: 1st level spells you get when you are level 1). ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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