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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7922523" data-attributes="member: 205">It's a lot broader than that.  The sphere system is completely orthogonal to the existing spells, you can use it in addition to the normal spells or as a replacement.There's 20 spheres in the base book.  (Some examples are Conjuration, Destruction, Illusion, Weather, Time, and Mind.)  Each sphere gives you access to 1-3 effects, some of which are at-will, some of which cost spell points.  (Full casters have spell points equal to their level + Casting mod.)  Each sphere also has a list of talents, which generally give alternate effects to the base power or enhance the range and potency of the effect.  Full casters generally gain between 1-2 talents each level, which can be spent to either gain a talent or a new sphere.Crucially, the base effects and talents scale with level; you don't need to spend all your talent points in 1-2 spheres to keep them relevant.  A caster who chooses to put all their talents into one sphere will have access to a much greater breadth and depth of options.  Just putting one point into Weather, for example, will let a caster summon up rain, a solid amount of wind, and raise or drop the temperature by 10s of degrees.  Putting all your points into Weather pretty much turns you into Storm from X-Men.There's also sections on new classes that utilize and build on the Sphere system, how to adapt the existing PHB classes into the Sphere system, Advanced Talents that are level-gated to allow for more potent effects, and a large section of boons and drawbacks that allow the DM or player to build their own casting traditions, if they want to have a more focused set of casting abilities that fit their setting.</blockquote>

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