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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9318256" data-attributes="member: 50987">Ooof... this is a big task.I'm not sure if it's the best way to do it, but one way you could start is to use the spell lists from an older, less-bloated edition of the game.&nbsp; This is only a starting point, though... there is still a lot of work to be done.&nbsp; (Not all of the older-edition spells made it into 5E, some were renamed, others were moved to different levels or classes...)&nbsp; You'd probably end up writing/converting a quarter of the list yourself.Another way would be to make subclass-specific spell lists.&nbsp; Evokers, Conjurers, Enchanters, and Necromancers all have their own unique spell lists, and there would be only a very small amount of overlap between them--spells like detect magic, mage armor, and maybe magic missile would be universal.&nbsp; This would allow for some niche protection between different wizard subclasses, since only certain subclasses would gain access to iconic wizard spells (fireball and lightning bolt are iconic Evocation spells, so they would only be on the Evoker's list.&nbsp; Animate dead and vampiric touch are found only on the Necromancer list.&nbsp; Shield and Counterspell are only on the Abjurer's list.&nbsp; And so on.)That's a huge amount of work too, and a hefty dose of bookkeeping on top of it.&nbsp; And you'd expect even more push-back from your players than you're going to get as it is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!&nbsp; &nbsp; :oops:"&nbsp; data-smilie="10"data-shortname=":oops:" />That's about all I've got.&nbsp; It's a good idea, but it is a big undertaking.&nbsp; Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9318256, member: 50987"] Ooof... this is a big task. I'm not sure if it's the best way to do it, but one way you could [I]start[/I] is to use the spell lists from an older, less-bloated edition of the game. This is only a starting point, though... there is still a lot of work to be done. (Not all of the older-edition spells made it into 5E, some were renamed, others were moved to different levels or classes...) You'd probably end up writing/converting a quarter of the list yourself. Another way would be to make subclass-specific spell lists. Evokers, Conjurers, Enchanters, and Necromancers all have their own unique spell lists, and there would be only a very small amount of overlap between them--spells like [I]detect magic, mage armor, [/I]and maybe [I]magic missile [/I]would be universal. This would allow for some niche protection between different wizard subclasses, since only certain subclasses would gain access to iconic wizard spells ([I]fireball [/I]and [I]lightning bolt [/I]are iconic Evocation spells, so they would only be on the Evoker's list. [I]Animate dead [/I]and [I]vampiric touch [/I]are found only on the Necromancer list. [I]Shield [/I]and [I]Counterspell [/I]are only on the Abjurer's list. And so on.) That's a huge amount of work too, and a hefty dose of bookkeeping on top of it. And you'd expect [I]even more [/I]push-back from your players than you're going to get as it is. :oops: That's about all I've got. It's a good idea, but it is a big undertaking. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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