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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 1900165" data-attributes="member: 7884">Guys,When I started this rant, it was really about what I perceived as really poor spell design coming out of WotC in non-core products.  I didn't really look deeper into the motives of WotC behind those poor designs.  Some have chosen to paint them as a deliberate attempt by WotC to fix problems with SR or arcane spellcasters generally, or to "re-balance" the spell schools as presented in the SRD.  If that's the case, then I pity WotC.  I happen to regulate an industry where we expect a level of maturity, otherwise people die; we expect the industry to be forthcoming in acknowledging its errors, and then fixing them promptly.  It seems to me that a "mature" and dominant industry player should have the decency to admit that it made a design error and fix it, rather than use some subterfuge to fix it but never admit the design error.  However, I adhere to the maxim that "between a conspiracy and a stuff-up, always bet on the stuff-up".  So I'm reckoning WotC is just stuffing up their spells with inadequate adherence to general principles of design underlying the SRD spells, and inadequate playtesting.  I don't think they're trying to fix SR or arcane spellcasters.  My experience is that SR is not wholly mage-defeating any more than DR is wholly fighter-defeating.  My experience is that a well-played wizard or sorcerer in v.3.5 can still dominate the battlefield.  What gets me is that, unless the process of "re-balancing" the spell schools is transparent, we don't see a complete picture until the re-balancing is finished and we get disasterously unbalanced schools in the meantime.  The Conjuration school is now just crazy powerful, and Evocation is languishing in its shadow.Disclaimer: I don't play an Evoker.Cheers, Al'Kelhar</blockquote>

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