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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9671086" data-attributes="member: 6796468">So 36 total effects... And how much would each effect contain? Maybe 5-6 variations of function? Let's be generous and call it 6.That'd be about 216 individual variations on either 36 or 9 themes, however you specifically want to play it.That's a LOT.There's 326 spells in the PHB each of which is designed to be a unique special snowflake with as small amount of overlap as possible. And almost every book that comes out adds another 60 or more.Compared to learning 9 at a time, and the total of 6 ways they can be altered with power points or psi dice or whatever for 54 'Spells' that are broadly the same as the 9 basic powers you have access to, just with specific aspects altered.No one creating a level 1 Wizard needs to worry about the spells above 1st level their first time playing the class, after all. So they'd just need to learn their 9.Or. At least. however many of those 9 they're allowed to take at level 1.</blockquote>