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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sonofapreacherman" data-source="post: 3370316" data-attributes="member: 2315">As the writer of the articles in question, let me add this much...The first article was generally received by people as a "band-aid" for the perceived deficiencies of the core classes. That was never my intention. In this latest article, I wanted to make that point abundantly clear.Dead levels abilities are meant to be flavorful cookies and little else. Indeed, "cookies" is a very good word for them. They were created to be thematic for each class and possibly encourage role-playing. They were designed to differentiate each class a little more, but with an exceedingly minor special ability. That said, the power level of these exceedingly minor abilities had to be even more inconsequential in the case of spellcasting classes that gain new spells every level. All of this is mentioned in the article introduction, but perhaps bears repeating.Dead level abilities are little bit of extra fun and they are entirely optional. If you don't want to use them as a dungeon master, then pretend like they don't exist. If you are good dungeon master, your players will respect that. If you don't want to use dead level abilities as a player in a game where they are permitted, then simply don't activate them. No harm done. If you do like the material as written, however, then please use dead level abilities to your heart's content. I promise you all, it's not a complicated decision no matter where you stand. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Kolja</blockquote>

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