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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9780726" data-attributes="member: 93670">A few people spoke positively about spell point variants.  I've played with and run games that used it occasionally since the 3.x days(iirc it's default in the 3.x dead lands fork).  At no point have I ever seen it result in anything but casters burning all spell points on repeat casting of whatever the highest level slot they could create before declaring themselves totally tapped out and in need of a rest unless the group is cool with them serving in the role of luggage.  Every single caster using spell points in every single game with every single player in those roles.Yes it's cool and sounds neat, but it never works out as anything other than the ttrpg equivalent of "privatized gains socialized losses"Im not sure if you were asking how a draw steel concept would work in d&d earlier or if you were asking how it works narratively in draw steel. I'll try to answer a bit and give some links.The closest analog to a wizard or sorcerer is the elementalist, but it's still very different.  Their heroic resource is <a href="https://steelcompendium.io/compendium/backer/Classes/Elementalist/1st-Level%20Features/Essence/" target="_blank">essence</a> .  Classes like the conduit talent and maybe null  are really too different on some level for a brief summary.  When it comes to powers, the elementalist has elemental damage powers that can add DoT-like persistence or knockbacks through various meansEssence is gained like this[spoiler]Steel Compendium: Draw Steel RulesbackerEssence11 or lower: 6 fire damage12–16: 8 fire damage17+: 13 fire damagePersistent 1: If the target is within distance at the start of your turn, make a power roll for this ability again.invigorating growth is another 3 essence cost ability & it does this:Mushrooms erupt from a foe, sapping their vitality to spread strengthening spores.Keywords: Attack, Green, Magic, RangedType: ActionDistance: Ranged 5Target: 1 creaturePower Roll + Reason:11 or lower: 6 poison damage12–16: 9 poison damage17+: 14 poison damageEffect: The mushrooms can be removed by the target or by an adjacent creature as an action. While the mushrooms are on the target, each of your allies adjacent to the target gains an edge on attacks against them.Pinch the earth and stare into the abyss are two other 3 essence abilities and there are also some 5 essence abilities that cost 5 essenceElementalist is (I think?) the only class that uses essence and it has mechanics for gaining it that fit well with the class's narrative fluff+mechanics.  Every other class has its own unique resource gained unique class specific ways that fit the class role+narrative fluffEdit<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />ops copied a menu by accident[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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