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Should a "specialist" wizard be demoted?
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<blockquote data-quote="Erastus" data-source="post: 653287" data-attributes="member: 10060"><p>Ooooh! A Bugaboo thread! I haven't gotten sucked into one of these in a loooong time. Once more into the fray!</p><p></p><p>Anyway...</p><p></p><p>It seems to me that they should change the way that the Spell Focus feat works so that it has equal benefit to all schools of magic.</p><p></p><p>Suppose, instead of adding a +2 to the DCs of divination spells, Spell Focus: Divination provided a bonus to the range or effectiveness of divination spells somehow? Or provided a small bonus to duration for abjuration spells?</p><p>Perhaps...</p><p></p><p>Spell Focus (Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Transmutation): A spellcaster focused on casting spells from one of these schools is able to push his magic further. For purposes of calculating the range <strong>or</strong> duration of these spells for the caster, treat him as though he is two levels higher. This does not apply to absolute range or duration, but only to a range or duration that has a level dependent variable.</p><p></p><p>If you could provide these kind of benefits to players who want to have specialist characters, perhaps it would be worth their while mechanically to actually <em>be</em> true specialists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erastus, post: 653287, member: 10060"] Ooooh! A Bugaboo thread! I haven't gotten sucked into one of these in a loooong time. Once more into the fray! Anyway... It seems to me that they should change the way that the Spell Focus feat works so that it has equal benefit to all schools of magic. Suppose, instead of adding a +2 to the DCs of divination spells, Spell Focus: Divination provided a bonus to the range or effectiveness of divination spells somehow? Or provided a small bonus to duration for abjuration spells? Perhaps... Spell Focus (Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Transmutation): A spellcaster focused on casting spells from one of these schools is able to push his magic further. For purposes of calculating the range [B]or[/B] duration of these spells for the caster, treat him as though he is two levels higher. This does not apply to absolute range or duration, but only to a range or duration that has a level dependent variable. If you could provide these kind of benefits to players who want to have specialist characters, perhaps it would be worth their while mechanically to actually [I]be[/I] true specialists. [/QUOTE]
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