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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5395748" data-attributes="member: 58197">It does appear to be the focus. If WotC is going all-Essentials from here on out, maybe they will eventually sway my players to make the switch... I can only hope.As far as necromancy being a wizard school (per previous editions) instead of necromancers being their own class: As a necromancer enthusiast going back over 20 years, I'm ambivalent. I like the versatility of being a wizard, and mixing necromancy in with the other schools allows me to focus as much or as little on necromancy as I like, while cherry-picking from other schools. On the other hand, I am annoyed that necromancy will once more be tied to the Vancian casting mechanic, which I've always found deeply irritating.I would really love to see a new Essentials wizard build that does for arcane casting in 4E what the sorceror did for 3E--a smaller array of spell options, but freedom to choose among them at time of casting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5395748, member: 58197"] It does appear to be the focus. If WotC is going all-Essentials from here on out, maybe they will eventually sway my players to make the switch... I can only hope. As far as necromancy being a wizard school (per previous editions) instead of necromancers being their own class: As a necromancer enthusiast going back over 20 years, I'm ambivalent. I like the versatility of being a wizard, and mixing necromancy in with the other schools allows me to focus as much or as little on necromancy as I like, while cherry-picking from other schools. On the other hand, I am annoyed that necromancy will once more be tied to the Vancian casting mechanic, which I've always found deeply irritating. I would really love to see a new Essentials wizard build that does for arcane casting in 4E what the sorceror did for 3E--a smaller array of spell options, but freedom to choose among them at time of casting. [/QUOTE]

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