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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 5926258" data-attributes="member: 16760">Rogues have schemes, clerics have domains... Perhaps wizards should have 'schools'.I don't think the existing schools of magic are broad and interesting enough.&nbsp; Wizard 'schools' should be based on common, flavorful archetypes;&nbsp; we don't need to go all completionist and insist on abjurers or whatever.The Illusionist, the Necromancer, and the Summoner all qualify, I think.&nbsp; (With 'Illusionist' understood in the 1e sense of including a lot of enchantment and shadow spells.)&nbsp; Possibly also a Thaumaturge, who specializes in flashy magic, no subtle mind stuff.A 'school' would give access to a unique list of spells, much as cleric domains do.&nbsp; There could, of course, be some overlap, and some spells would be common to all wizards.&nbsp; (Detect Magic is the most obvious example.)It's interesting to ask how a standard generalist mage would be done in this system.&nbsp; Would there be a Generalist school which gives some basic spells from each of the other schools, but none of the really good stuff?&nbsp; Or does each school automatically get access to minor stuff from other schools, unless it's especially ruled out?&nbsp; (I don't want to see Illusionists with blasting spells, that misses the whole point.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 5926258, member: 16760"] Rogues have schemes, clerics have domains... Perhaps wizards should have 'schools'. I don't think the existing schools of magic are broad and interesting enough. Wizard 'schools' should be based on common, flavorful archetypes; we don't need to go all completionist and insist on abjurers or whatever. The Illusionist, the Necromancer, and the Summoner all qualify, I think. (With 'Illusionist' understood in the 1e sense of including a lot of enchantment and shadow spells.) Possibly also a Thaumaturge, who specializes in flashy magic, no subtle mind stuff. A 'school' would give access to a unique list of spells, much as cleric domains do. There could, of course, be some overlap, and some spells would be common to all wizards. (Detect Magic is the most obvious example.) It's interesting to ask how a standard generalist mage would be done in this system. Would there be a Generalist school which gives some basic spells from each of the other schools, but none of the really good stuff? Or does each school automatically get access to minor stuff from other schools, unless it's especially ruled out? (I don't want to see Illusionists with blasting spells, that misses the whole point.) [/QUOTE]

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