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<blockquote data-quote="Firzair" data-source="post: 5835200" data-attributes="member: 1334">Yeah, the idea is based upon 3e metamagic.In fact I don't like 4e at-will/encounter/daily power division... for 5e I'd like to see balanced classes with different mechanics and their powers should be comparable. I don't know where the idea of some posters came from, that a fireball in this idea couldn't be used to set things on fire... there's nothing ruled against that...The wording of the power is the fluff, the effects are defined. In general all fire effects should be able to set things on fire, but perhaps the probability should be based upon damage and duration. A short burst of a flame that does 1d4 fire damage is unlikely to light things afire, a stream of fire that deals 4d6 fire damage per round is something completely different, especially if the streams hits you for consecutive rounds.I'd like to have effects described by what's the basic effect is and their possible progressions, the you can design powers/spells/feats from there, just wording the fluff. An effect that deals 1d6 weapon damage to 5 targets at medium range could be a &quot;Hail of arrows&quot; for the ranger or the &quot;Stone shower&quot; as a spell for an earth based sorcerer. But just by looking at the effect(s) the DM can decide at what level this power can be gained. And from there on, the player can improve the powers in defined ways. The ranger could inrease the number of targets or the reange or the damage die to 1d8 when he gains a level. Imagine a player that has an idea for a strange new power of his character that he wants to learn. He tells the DM the wording of the power, the DM looks at the effects and thus the power could be defined or the DM suggests a pre-version of the power that is appropriate for the level of the character but that can be improved to someday exactly match the power the player wanted.And no other player should complain that this new gadget is overpowered...&nbsp; dream...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Firzair, post: 5835200, member: 1334"] Yeah, the idea is based upon 3e metamagic. In fact I don't like 4e at-will/encounter/daily power division... for 5e I'd like to see balanced classes with different mechanics and their powers should be comparable. I don't know where the idea of some posters came from, that a fireball in this idea couldn't be used to set things on fire... there's nothing ruled against that... The wording of the power is the fluff, the effects are defined. In general all fire effects should be able to set things on fire, but perhaps the probability should be based upon damage and duration. A short burst of a flame that does 1d4 fire damage is unlikely to light things afire, a stream of fire that deals 4d6 fire damage per round is something completely different, especially if the streams hits you for consecutive rounds. I'd like to have effects described by what's the basic effect is and their possible progressions, the you can design powers/spells/feats from there, just wording the fluff. An effect that deals 1d6 weapon damage to 5 targets at medium range could be a "Hail of arrows" for the ranger or the "Stone shower" as a spell for an earth based sorcerer. But just by looking at the effect(s) the DM can decide at what level this power can be gained. And from there on, the player can improve the powers in defined ways. The ranger could inrease the number of targets or the reange or the damage die to 1d8 when he gains a level. Imagine a player that has an idea for a strange new power of his character that he wants to learn. He tells the DM the wording of the power, the DM looks at the effects and thus the power could be defined or the DM suggests a pre-version of the power that is appropriate for the level of the character but that can be improved to someday exactly match the power the player wanted. And no other player should complain that this new gadget is overpowered... [I]dream[/I]... [/QUOTE]

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