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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 7972499" data-attributes="member: 813"><p>Monte Cook's Arcane Unearthed spell system did stuff like this. It was kind of like 2e spheres as well. I can describe the system in total here. But spells had rarity. So some classes might get all simple spells while others would get all simple and rare spells. Spells had traits so a class might have all simple spells and all rares with trait1 and trait2. (I forget the specifics.) Feats could grant access to rare traitX spells. And almost every spell had a reduced and heightened effect. So the spell was 3rd level and you had to have access to 3rd level spells to learn the spell. But you could cast it at reduced effectiveness as a 2nd level spell or at enhanced effectiveness as a 4th level spell. </p><p></p><p>Additionally, The game was based on 3E but it assumed no 3E characters with 3E spell lists existed (though you could combine them if you wanted). So there was no easy teleport or resurrection.</p><p></p><p>I'm probably not doing it justice here. But the MCAU spell system has not been topped in terms of "D&D"esque spell systems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 7972499, member: 813"] Monte Cook's Arcane Unearthed spell system did stuff like this. It was kind of like 2e spheres as well. I can describe the system in total here. But spells had rarity. So some classes might get all simple spells while others would get all simple and rare spells. Spells had traits so a class might have all simple spells and all rares with trait1 and trait2. (I forget the specifics.) Feats could grant access to rare traitX spells. And almost every spell had a reduced and heightened effect. So the spell was 3rd level and you had to have access to 3rd level spells to learn the spell. But you could cast it at reduced effectiveness as a 2nd level spell or at enhanced effectiveness as a 4th level spell. Additionally, The game was based on 3E but it assumed no 3E characters with 3E spell lists existed (though you could combine them if you wanted). So there was no easy teleport or resurrection. I'm probably not doing it justice here. But the MCAU spell system has not been topped in terms of "D&D"esque spell systems. [/QUOTE]
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