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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hobgoblin" data-source="post: 2925917" data-attributes="member: 24923">im not sure they could have done that. control, sense, alter allso existed in west end games D6-based star wars, so i dont think its a creation of wotc. it may well be that its part of the IP that wotc is allowed to tap into.the wound/vitality system however is something they most likely have created in-house, and therefor can port over to any other game they feel like.and given that you can do a lower level psionic or spell by using a higher level slot these days (and some other interesting stuff, like applying modification feats on the fly if your a sorceror and have the slots available), the modern "vancian" system is more or less on par with your avarage mana pool system. ok, a bit more fiddly but still <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />these days, its only the wizard style classes that gets a shaft from the vancian system by their requirement to preselect their spells rather then having a collection to select from as needed.but i guess you can do a modified sorceror by saying that a wizard can memorize x number of spells pr class level and can swap any number of them out after 8 hours of rest and some "meditation" time. then they become more flexible then the sorceror, as the sorceror is locked to the spell he selected at the last level increase.another thing to consider btw is that the vancian system is a d&d classic. for many it would not be d&d if it didnt have said system <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> it goes as far back as pre-a d&d <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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