Jeff Carlsen
Adventurer
It sounds like the plan is to build a single spell list and then design all the various casting mechanics to be balanced and swappable. I suspect that each class will have it's own default spellcasting system, like it does now. But the DM will have the tools to swap out one mechanic for another, while keeping all the rest of the mechanics for each class.
This doesn't add to the complexity of character creation because "choose your mechanic" isn't what's presented in the player's handbook. The spell-point wizard and the vancian warlock are optional modules.
It doesn't remove what makes each class special, because alternative casting mechanics are considered variants by default.
This doesn't add to the complexity of character creation because "choose your mechanic" isn't what's presented in the player's handbook. The spell-point wizard and the vancian warlock are optional modules.
It doesn't remove what makes each class special, because alternative casting mechanics are considered variants by default.