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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6775937" data-attributes="member: 22779">Just in case I wasn't clear I would like to say that the changes I'm making have nothing to do with the idea of "fixing" 5e.  I don't believe that casters dominate in 5e.  They don't AFAIC.  Heck in our current Dragonlance campaign, the top damage dealer is probably the ranger.  So, this isn't about fixing a problem.  It's about creating a very specific feel.And that's the issue I have with casters in PT.  Having casters changes, sometimes quite drastically, the "how" of how a scenario is resolved.  Take a hypothetical.  4 non-caster PC's are facing a manticore.  Add a 5th non-caster PC and that scenario resolves in largely the same way.  Dead manticore with lots of arrows and javelins sticking out of it.  (Hopefully anyway. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )  But, add a caster and a whole new dimension of options opens up.  The caster could cast all sorts of spells - web, sleep, hypnotic pattern, polymorph - and drop that manticore to the ground where it gets chopped up by the non-casters.  The caster could cast fly or some sort of flight granting spell or power and take the fight to the manticore in the air - either doing it himself or casting it on an ally.  The caster could summon a bunch of flying allies.  So on and so forth.  Adding a single caster completely changes how that scenario resolves.  Not that the end result is particularly different - dead manticore is still dead - but, the means by which you achieve that result changes.Or take a scenario where you're doing hexploration.  In a non-magical party, you have to deal with the resource management mini-game.  Bringing bearers or pack animals, food, water, shelter, etc.  Add a caster or two and now you have Goodberry and Leomand's Hut and you don't need to deal with the resource management mini-game at all.  Again, the end result is largely the same - the hexes get explored, adventure is had - but, how you do it changes.Heck, even something as simple as a Guidance spell means that the majority of skill checks - certainly any skill check made where there is no time limit issue - is made with effectively proficiency.  It adds a great deal to the capabilities of the party.I want this campaign to avoid all of that.  I WANT the resource management mini-game.  Several of the backgrounds grant company sized forces of followers.  I WANT that to be a very big deal.  I don't want to have the situation where the casters are adding so many options to the group for any given situation.  You have to deal with it with the mundane resources that you have.  It makes things like nature challenges more challenging when you aren't a Goodberry spell away from never having to worry about starvation.  I think that it fits with the flavour of the PT much better this way.  It makes the flavour of the setting match what's actually happening around the table, week in and week out.  It's all well and good to say this is a low magic setting, but, I want to take that a step further and make this a low magic campaign.</blockquote>

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