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<blockquote data-quote="KidSnide" data-source="post: 5996066" data-attributes="member: 54710">I agree that this is the core component of the sorcerer.&nbsp; The problem is that the character concepts in that involve a threat to overwhelm the character's mundane being are just a narrow subset of the concepts that used to be represented by the sorcerer class.I don't want to harsh on this concept too much.&nbsp; It's very clever, and I really like the mechanical aspect of the sorcerer getting these new &quot;at-will&quot; abilities as the character expends his daily pool of willpower.&nbsp; I think I would enjoy these mechanics and they create a neat strategic decision for the player.But it's too clever.&nbsp; It takes a neat mechanical idea (&quot;at-will&quot; powers that become available as the character expends daily resources) and shoehorns it into a class that doesn't need it.&nbsp; If WotC was designing a class for Diablo IV, I would say &quot;bravo.&quot;&nbsp; But the D&amp;D PH1 classes shouldn't be narrow specific classes designed to play in specific narrow ways.&nbsp; Instead, the base classes should - to the extent possible - cover a broad range of character concepts.&nbsp; I applaud clever mechanical ideas.&nbsp; But at this stage, D&amp;DN shouldn't be writing mechanics that demand narrow character concepts.&nbsp; This mechanic would look fantastic as an alternate set of &quot;hard to control&quot; sorcerer bloodlines in a &quot;Complete Arcane&quot; splatbook.&nbsp; But it's just not right for the PH1.-KS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KidSnide, post: 5996066, member: 54710"] I agree that this is the core component of the sorcerer. The problem is that the character concepts in that involve a threat to overwhelm the character's mundane being are just a narrow subset of the concepts that used to be represented by the sorcerer class. I don't want to harsh on this concept too much. It's very clever, and I really like the mechanical aspect of the sorcerer getting these new "at-will" abilities as the character expends his daily pool of willpower. I think I would enjoy these mechanics and they create a neat strategic decision for the player. But it's too clever. It takes a neat mechanical idea ("at-will" powers that become available as the character expends daily resources) and shoehorns it into a class that doesn't need it. If WotC was designing a class for Diablo IV, I would say "bravo." But the D&D PH1 classes shouldn't be narrow specific classes designed to play in specific narrow ways. Instead, the base classes should - to the extent possible - cover a broad range of character concepts. I applaud clever mechanical ideas. But at this stage, D&DN shouldn't be writing mechanics that demand narrow character concepts. This mechanic would look fantastic as an alternate set of "hard to control" sorcerer bloodlines in a "Complete Arcane" splatbook. But it's just not right for the PH1. -KS [/QUOTE]

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