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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wolff96" data-source="post: 5420822" data-attributes="member: 342">I think it's actually worse than that -- he really shafts Sorcerers since they need high charisma for their DCs *and* need high intelligence to cast their spells.If you have a 10-Int (and I've seen Sorcerers with worse than that) you have a 50-50 shot every time you try and cast a spell...---------------------------------------If anything, I would make this system similar to Concentration Checks, but with a scaling DC.  So a player is rolling d20 + Spellcaster Level + Ability Score.Off the top of my head, I'm thinking something like DC = 10 + (spell level * 2).  For a first level spellcaster (with an 18 ability score) that means you need to roll a 7 or better on the die, so it might need tweaked a bit...  but at least you're no longer penalizing a player for choosing anything *BUT* a wizard!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />---------------------------------------Random thought to answer Mowgli's concern...Maybe a "prepared" caster gets fewer spell points per day?  So they can't maintain as many buffs and lasting spell effects?  It would give Sorcerers, Oracles, and (to a lesser extent) Bards a clear niche -- they can maintain more spells at once.The other option is to tweak the formula:  If the DC was 10 + (Spell Level * 2) for a sorcerer and 10 + (Spell Level * 3) for a wizard, you'd see a significant difference in the number of successful spells!  Or if you didn't want the scaling to be quite as bad on prepared casters, it could be 15 + (Spell Level * 2).Show the inherent connection to magic for the spontaneous casters by flat-out making their spells more likely to succeed!</blockquote>

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