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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5861411" data-attributes="member: 2067">I think people who want their swordsfolk to remain mundane while their wizards are creating brand new planes need to re-adjust their expectations.Because if you expect that, you will ALWAYS have wizards who are stronger than warriors. Wizards get to do mind-bending things with magic, and warriors never get to do anything other than mundane stuff.Now, you can "E6 it." (or 4e it) You can reduce the power overall, and have wizards capable of some neat little tricks while your warriors are capable of beating down really tough opponents. Or you can make spells into exceptional rewards, so that wizards aren't guaranteed these magical abilities. And that's well and good and fine, but not a universal solution. Or, you can give warriors powers that rival those of the spellcasters.You can do this via wuxia-style or supernatural inherent abilities, but you really don't have to. You can also do it via equipment -- fighters get magic swords that let them fly and shoot fire, wizards get magic spells that let them do that. Your fighter is a skilled warrior, but he can't shoot energy blasts himself -- but he DOES have a magic shield that can shoot energy blasts. He has that because he is a very skilled warrior, and took it from the hoarde of a dragon. I think the better D&D solution is via Type II. But the amount of Type II should be variable depending on the DM -- thus, couching it in the treasure system is not a bad plan.</blockquote>

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