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what should the wizard's subclasses be?
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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8854486" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Precisely. I would present it more like this though.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Wizard writeup snop"]<span style="font-size: 26px"><strong>Wizard: School Specialist</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Explanatory Fluff Text</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>School Savant</strong></span></p><p>When you select this subclass at level X, choose one school of magic to specialize in: Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, or Transmutation. The gold and time you must spend to copy a spell into your spellbook from that school is halved.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Specialist Focus</strong></span></p><p>When you reach level N, you gain a School Specialist feature associated with the school you chose for School Savant. Consult the table below. The mechanics for these features are listed at the end of this section.</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>School</strong></td><td><strong>Feature</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Abjuration</td><td>Arcane Ward</td></tr><tr><td>Conjuration</td><td>Minor Conjuration</td></tr><tr><td>Divination</td><td>Portent</td></tr><tr><td>Enchantment</td><td>Hypnotic Gaze</td></tr><tr><td>Evocation</td><td>Sculpt Spells</td></tr><tr><td>Illusion</td><td>Improved Minor Illusion</td></tr><tr><td>Necromancy</td><td>Grim Harvest</td></tr><tr><td>Transmutation</td><td>Minor Alchemy</td></tr></table><p>(etc. for remaining subclass features--Wizards don't get that many)</p><p></p><p>We already have the Warlock to precedent a list of class features at the end. These are more rigidly defined--which seems reasonable for the implicitly hidebound Wizard.</p><p></p><p>I would rework some of them, because some are weak or otherwise not very good, while others are quite strong (particularly Divination)--despite my usual criticism of Wizards, I would in fact actually like to see the subclass features <em>brought up</em> to the level of Portent, rather than bringing things down. But that's because I want "being a Wizard" to be more important than "I can cast a zillion powerful spells."[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8854486, member: 6790260"] Precisely. I would present it more like this though. [SPOILER="Wizard writeup snop"][SIZE=7][B]Wizard: School Specialist[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][I]Explanatory Fluff Text[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]School Savant[/B][/SIZE] When you select this subclass at level X, choose one school of magic to specialize in: Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, or Transmutation. The gold and time you must spend to copy a spell into your spellbook from that school is halved. [SIZE=5][B]Specialist Focus[/B][/SIZE] When you reach level N, you gain a School Specialist feature associated with the school you chose for School Savant. Consult the table below. The mechanics for these features are listed at the end of this section. [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]School[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Feature[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Abjuration[/TD] [TD]Arcane Ward[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Conjuration[/TD] [TD]Minor Conjuration[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Divination[/TD] [TD]Portent[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enchantment[/TD] [TD]Hypnotic Gaze[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Evocation[/TD] [TD]Sculpt Spells[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Illusion[/TD] [TD]Improved Minor Illusion[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Necromancy[/TD] [TD]Grim Harvest[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Transmutation[/TD] [TD]Minor Alchemy[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] (etc. for remaining subclass features--Wizards don't get that many) We already have the Warlock to precedent a list of class features at the end. These are more rigidly defined--which seems reasonable for the implicitly hidebound Wizard. I would rework some of them, because some are weak or otherwise not very good, while others are quite strong (particularly Divination)--despite my usual criticism of Wizards, I would in fact actually like to see the subclass features [I]brought up[/I] to the level of Portent, rather than bringing things down. But that's because I want "being a Wizard" to be more important than "I can cast a zillion powerful spells."[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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