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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 8320311" data-attributes="member: 6777737">Conceptually I think it's a very interesting idea. An expansion of the idea of spell schools, really.Practically speaking, though, I think you'd have to redesign significant portions of the magic system to get it to work.For example, if you're a Sorcerer or Wizard that chooses &quot;project fire&quot;, you might get Firebolt, Burning Hands, Scorching Ray, Fireball, Wall of Fire, Firestorm, Meteor Swarm, etc. If you choose &quot;project lightning&quot;, you get... Shocking Grasp, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning.&nbsp; If you choose &quot;project acid&quot;, you get Acid Splash and Melf's Acid Arrow and that's it.Now you have to resolve the idea of if picking a track takes up a spell known, does each spell in the chain take a spell known? So Fireball takes 4 spells to know? That's obnoxious, especially for a Sorcerer.On the other hand, if picking a path gives you all the spells in the chain, why would you ever pick &quot;project acid&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 8320311, member: 6777737"] Conceptually I think it's a very interesting idea. An expansion of the idea of spell schools, really. Practically speaking, though, I think you'd have to redesign significant portions of the magic system to get it to work. For example, if you're a Sorcerer or Wizard that chooses "project fire", you might get Firebolt, Burning Hands, Scorching Ray, Fireball, Wall of Fire, Firestorm, Meteor Swarm, etc. If you choose "project lightning", you get... Shocking Grasp, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning. If you choose "project acid", you get Acid Splash and Melf's Acid Arrow and that's it. Now you have to resolve the idea of if picking a track takes up a spell known, does each spell in the chain take a spell known? So Fireball takes 4 spells to know? That's obnoxious, especially for a Sorcerer. On the other hand, if picking a path gives you all the spells in the chain, why would you ever pick "project acid"? [/QUOTE]

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