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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1342230" data-attributes="member: 3424">Hi all, thanks for the comments and the occasional compliment <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.&nbsp; I will try to address them.Base Class vs Prestige ClassOne of the core ideas behind this class is that he can use magic over and over again, an unlimited number of times.&nbsp; As such, I thought it was sufficiently distinct from the wizard and sorcerer classes to warrant a separate base class.&nbsp; Perhaps I shouldn't have mixed it up with wizard spells, but given access to more powerful incantations instead.&nbsp; Let me re-work it along these lines.Number of Spells per dayThis should no longer be an issue once I re-work the Incantor as it would no longer get any wizard spells.&nbsp; However, for the record, I wanted to keep the number of spells per day low to avoid the bookkeeping nightmare that is a high-level spellcaster.&nbsp; Working off the assumption that a character would face four challenges equal to his level before he had to rest, I set the maximum number of spells per day at 8-10 in the expectation that he would use 2-3 per encounter and rely on incantations the rest of the time.Golem2176: The dashes in the original table mean that the character has no spell slots of that level.&nbsp; The Incantor slowly gets access to higher-level slots, but loses his lower-level ones.&nbsp; He does not lose access to his lower-level spells because he can always use a higher-level slot to prepare a lower-level spell (though he usually would not want to do so).Power of IncantationsThe offensive incantations may be slightly underpowered because I was consciously comparing them to 0-level spells.&nbsp; Why would anyone cast a cantrip to deal 1d3 points of acid damage with a ranged touch attack if he had an incantation that would work better?&nbsp; Again, this will no longer be an issue once I re-work the Incantor.Thanks again!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 1342230, member: 3424"] Hi all, thanks for the comments and the occasional compliment :). I will try to address them. [B]Base Class vs Prestige Class[/B] One of the core ideas behind this class is that he can use magic over and over again, an unlimited number of times. As such, I thought it was sufficiently distinct from the wizard and sorcerer classes to warrant a separate base class. Perhaps I shouldn't have mixed it up with wizard spells, but given access to more powerful incantations instead. Let me re-work it along these lines. [B]Number of Spells per day[/B] This should no longer be an issue once I re-work the Incantor as it would no longer get any wizard spells. However, for the record, I wanted to keep the number of spells per day low to avoid the bookkeeping nightmare that is a high-level spellcaster. Working off the assumption that a character would face four challenges equal to his level before he had to rest, I set the maximum number of spells per day at 8-10 in the expectation that he would use 2-3 per encounter and rely on incantations the rest of the time. Golem2176: The dashes in the original table mean that the character has no spell slots of that level. The Incantor slowly gets access to higher-level slots, but loses his lower-level ones. He does not lose access to his lower-level spells because he can always use a higher-level slot to prepare a lower-level spell (though he usually would not want to do so). [B]Power of Incantations[/B] The offensive incantations may be slightly underpowered because I was consciously comparing them to 0-level spells. Why would anyone cast a cantrip to deal 1d3 points of acid damage with a ranged touch attack if he had an incantation that would work better? Again, this will no longer be an issue once I re-work the Incantor. Thanks again! [/QUOTE]

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