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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 2300356" data-attributes="member: 2067">The simplest way I've seen is the feat that gives you +4 caster level. Well, admittedly this is a house rule that changes the game in big ways, but I give every creature a "Base Magical Bonus" that functions and advances like a "Base Attack Bonus." This BMB is used to calculate caster level and possible access to spells. Big spellcasting classes get +1/level, bards are closer to +2/3, classes like rangers and paladins are nearer +1/2, and nonmagic classes like fighters and rogues are basically +1/3.Then there are feats that give some minor spellcasting, kind of like what gnomes get, but with the ability to build on that to higher levels. And there's magic items that make use of it. PrC's that make use of it. Feats that allow supernatural abilities that make use of it. It just strikes me as entirely goofy that a wizard can be better at hitting things than a newbie fighter, but even the most experienced fighter won't be better at casting magic than a newbie wizard, despite all the wizards, all the magical items, all the magical creatures, all the supernatural effects, all the wonderous events, that occur to him on a daily basis. Yeah, I don't like the fact that you're forced to do that. I'm a fan of PrC's, but I don't like the fact that a Wizard/Cleric *has* to choose one particular PrC or be useless. There's infinite variation on what a Wizard/Cleric can be. God of magic? Magic as a god itself? Knowledge is divine power? Science giving you the might of gods? But all are subsumed into Mystic Theurges becuase the MT gives you full spellcasting. They should just be able to be a Wiz/Clr without choosing a PrC....not as powerful as a pure Wiz or pure Clr, but still viable.More, I want to give everyone another resource to spend, and more ways to spend that resource. Who says fighters shouldn't be able to use that to improve their own fighting ability? Or to make them more diverse in their talents; able to Charm Person or generate a devensive aura, or whatever.</blockquote>

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