Vaalingrade
Legend
If half casters was the only kind of caster, it'd be fine.How come you dislike the entire concept of half casters?
They're personally my favourite type of class. You get to be a caster without all the cheesy campaign destroying overpowered spells, while also working that magic into other mechanics.
Edit: But yeah, the ODD spell lists are looking awful already. Bard basically being a wizard with a guitar.
But trying to play a half caster, who gets spells so late in the game that they're meaningless because there's another class that's just plain better at what you're trying to do? Not for me.
I still remember the 3e Bard getting Shadow Evocation, Dominate, etc ten thousand years after the Wizard got it. And that was my favorite class, just not for any of the spellcasting.