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<blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8312833" data-attributes="member: 7015698">Yeah so much this... bleh. Nah man, all my Evil Wizards are gonna be using a wand, or a rod, or a scepter or a staff, or even just holding a magical tome, like respectable Wizards. None of this BS about slinging bat guano like a savage!You REALLY think I'm gonna take a look at every stupid NPC with their stupid spells and take notes for what component they need for each spell and somehow keep track of them?! Just so your lone character might Magic away a bit of sulfur and disable one spell?! Heck, the component pouch exist SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS! Heck, if I had anything to say about it, spells wouldn't NEED any of that. Just words and somatic component. Material components are for rituals only. It's actually SIMPLER to let you steal the whole pouch, but it's also ridiculously overpowered.... So no. I'm not gonna let that happen. The Wizard uses a magical focus that they keep in their hands. This too. My biggest gripe is that a lot of balance issue are just the result of misguided traditionalism, like Max insisting the Fighter doesn't 'deserve' more skills. Just change the fluff so it makes sense, then! Which is why most people don't take bad feats, like Skilled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undrave, post: 8312833, member: 7015698"] Yeah so much this... bleh. Nah man, all my Evil Wizards are gonna be using a wand, or a rod, or a scepter or a staff, or even just holding a magical tome, like respectable Wizards. None of this BS about slinging [I]bat guano[/I] like a savage! You REALLY think I'm gonna take a look at every stupid NPC with their stupid spells and take notes for what component they need for each spell and somehow keep track of them?! Just so your lone character might Magic away a bit of sulfur and disable one spell?! Heck, the component pouch exist SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS! Heck, if I had anything to say about it, spells wouldn't NEED any of that. Just words and somatic component. Material components are for rituals only. It's actually SIMPLER to let you steal the whole pouch, but it's also ridiculously overpowered.... So no. I'm not gonna let that happen. The Wizard uses a magical focus that they keep in their hands. This too. My biggest gripe is that a lot of balance issue are just the result of misguided traditionalism, like Max insisting the Fighter doesn't 'deserve' more skills. Just change the fluff so it makes sense, then! Which is why most people don't take bad feats, like Skilled. [/QUOTE]

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