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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8538575" data-attributes="member: 6704184">Yeah replenishing proficiency mod per day should match the expected short rests per day, and thus have the same amount of Aether per day that the monk has in a “standard” adventuring day. That’s why I made it a ten minute ritual with a limit per day. If it feels too powerful I may reduce it to “regain half, round up” and see that feels. Yeah and considering it has a decent amount of its regular offense and defense bound up in Aether-fueled abilities that aren’t spells, I think it’ll be fine in practice. There’s a reason it’s version of smite (focused strike) uses a smaller damage due that the paladin’s divine smite, up until level 11 or so.   I need to review the spell list and make sure it doesn’t have stuff like shield, and does have a lot of utility stuff. We’ll see, but I’m open to either of those. I think I’d go “half your total Aether PB times per day” first. That probably works better for all large short rest resource pools when converting to PB/day model.    Yeah I think it works well. The swordmage has a history of being an elementalist, which is why this is the main subclass. I might move this subclass wholesale to the Monk and rename some stuff, but for now, it’s there to allow making 4e style elemental swordmages. The idea is to publish 5-7 classes together with some optional variant features and possibly subclasses for PHB classes, as an “esoteric 5e D&D” type supplement. Yeah white lotus probably is better as an Int fighter. Not sure what atla is, but White Lotus School is from 4e and 3.5 Book of Nine Swords. I really like Order of The Magic Circle. Not sure about chalice and stuff, but not a bad idea to use the language of the other ritual tools in a class named after one of the main tools. I think I like Esoteric Orders, but I’m not sure it’s better to use the same word a ton. I’ll think on it more. For the subclass ideas, I want them to feel like organizations you could join or use as a group patron, etc. I love the idea of a Tarot themed order, perhaps with some form of “randomize determining your extra bonus for the day” feature, idk. Spellcasting is fueled by Aether. You cast spells by spending points. Dweomer Techniques might be interesting, but some are offensive, some defensive, and some utility, so I’m not sure.   Some are similar to spells, but are more similar to monk ki abilities with more outward magic, if that makes sense.   But most are things that relate either to your aegis, or your Dweomer weapon. The utility ones can be flavored a little more to relate to the power of your aegis, I suppose. lol I look forward to it.   @ all: If it helps make sense of things, the idea is to present a class with access to spells, and to essential magical Battlemaster maneuvers, using the same resource. May even make some techniques that aren’t especially magical. Right now the class isn’t succinct in presentation because it’s been heavily revised a lot of the last month.</blockquote>

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