How about a system where you spent a feat, chose a spell and you now cast that spell better. The spell itself doesn't take up any more resource than before, but you had to spend a whole feat for a single spell improvement. So a real specialist might dump 5 feats into fireball and cast the best fireballs ever, but another wizard might spend their 5 feats to make slight improvements that affect all their spells, like spell focus and spell penetration did for 3E.
Metamagics
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Grazzt
Demon Lord
Isn't that just another name for a spell point system that requires a number of points equal to spell level to cast? (Nothing wrong with it at all; I've toyed with the idea actually)
Jeff Carlsen
Adventurer
Yes it is, though instead of spending points to cast a spell, you spend them to prepare a spell.
Honestly, though, I don't think it's the right answer. The versatility gained isn't worth the added work in spell prep.
TwinBahamut
First Post
I like the idea of thing like metamagic, where characters can have the ability to improve and enhance spells beyond simply getting better spells. I was a big fan of the Metamagic for Spell-like Ability feats with my 3.5E Warlock character. That system, where you could use spell-like abilities as much as you wanted, but could improve them in various ways a limited number of times per day, was a lot of fun.
I'd like to see more metamagic like effects be folded in as properties of spells themselves. Something like how you can use some metamagic effect to boost a spell, but the actual effect depends on what the spell is. Like, for example, a fireball spell description may contain text like "when boosted by metamagic, all targets are lit on fire." Of course, I have an overall preference for having spells upgrade and evolve in interesting ways, rather than just scale or be replaced by newer spells.
I'd like to see more metamagic like effects be folded in as properties of spells themselves. Something like how you can use some metamagic effect to boost a spell, but the actual effect depends on what the spell is. Like, for example, a fireball spell description may contain text like "when boosted by metamagic, all targets are lit on fire." Of course, I have an overall preference for having spells upgrade and evolve in interesting ways, rather than just scale or be replaced by newer spells.
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
I also like the idea of metamagics, but would like to bake in some ability to achieve them without additional mechanics. For example, being able to "overcast" -- 50% extra effect for using a higher level spell slot, or "undercast" -- 50% less effect by using a lower level spell slot, all without using feats.
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