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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lorehead" data-source="post: 2837617" data-attributes="member: 40086">I've gone back and made a few more tweaks:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Controlled disjunction can now affect some instantaneous spells, like break enchantment does.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I've cleaned up the wording of epiphany and infantilize somewhat.</li> </ul>In 3.75 <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=":)" />, it's a corollary of how the combat system works.  You get only one standard action and only one swift action per round.In the core rules, the Quicken Spell feat description says, "You may cast only one quickened spell per round." (PH 98)  Feather fall, which still officially has a casting time of "1 free action," specifies in the feat description that it is "like casting a quickened spell, and it counts toward the normal limit of one quickened spell per round." (229)  Multispell, written before swift actions existed and never reprinted, only allows additional quickened spells, not other spells with a casting time of one swift action.For whatever reason, you don't seem to be closing your quote blocks.  It'd be nice if you fixed that, since someone looking at your posts might get confused about who said what.I don't think it's just that, although that's part of it.  (I've already stated why I believe your progression to be too fast.)  If you have only boring spells to choose from at any given level, and you have to wait for a higher level to get to use any of the interesting ones, won't you have less fun?I'm not sure which of the three systems you're discussing at the moment.  If it's the one in the SRD, a wizard, sorcerer or cleric gets seven epic feats by level 30.  If we assume he's already taken Maximize Spell by level 20, this lets him take Improved Spell Capacity once, Improved Metamagic twice, and Great Charisma/Intelligence/Wisdom four times.  He can now double the damage of most of his spells with a +1 increase in the cost of a slot, and probably has two 10th-level slots.  He's passed up several attractive alternatives, which include: more Improved Spell Capacity, Epic Spell Focus, more metamagic feats, automatic metamagic, sudden metamagic, Epic Spell Penetration and defense.  I don't think this is overpowered, given the high opportunity cost.The new DMG changes the wording significantly.  The 3.0 version said, "The spell slot modifier of all your metamagic feats is reduced by one level, to a minimum of +1." (ELH 59)  The 3.5 version says, "The spell slot you must use to cast a metamagic spell is one level lower than normal (to a minimum of one level higher than normal)." (DMG 210)That leaves no ambiguity that I can see: in 3.5, you apply Improved Spell Capacity after applying all feats, and also can't apply the same metamagic feat repeatedly.  You can, however, cast a spell with two metamagic feats in a spell slot one level higher, provided that you've taken Improved Metamagic enough times.The original version could even suppress epic items with no check.  That was too good.  Now, it's even more effective against nonepic items, but more balanced against epic ones.Greater dispel magic comes on the scene at CL 11, and caps at CL 20.  Controlled disjunction comes on the scene at CL 21, and caps at CL 30.  That looks about right to me.Thank you.I'm reaching the point where I can still correct oversights and errors, but can't usefully evaluate game balance without more playtesting.  Is anyone interested in actually using these rules?  If so, I can add more spells to the list to facilitate play.  If not, I can work on something else.</blockquote>

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