Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, OOC01

[Maidhc O Casain]

You know me - rain is my specialty .

But I won't feel bad at all if you decide to put the feat (whatever it is eventually called) into your game - it is your world, and I'm not (nor is anyone else right now) playing a Sorcerer so my proverbial toes aren't getting stepped on. (And I remember well your thoughts on Sorcerers from the development of the 'Southern Operatives' game - something like "Why in the world would anyone want to play a Sorcerer instead of a Wizard?") As I said, I'd surely consider taking it for Manny!

I was just offering my opinion, since you were kind enough to ask it.

 

[Leif]

Well, for that, I thank you, Sir Mowgli. Keep practicing that rain dance, too. You never know when it might come in handy. The opinions are all appreciated, received, logged, and noted. I may or may not (probably will in some form) make a version of this new feat avaialbe to you when you level up to 6th. (At least, I think that's your next regularly scheduled feat...)

 

[renau1g]

Ahh...I was thinking that for the 5th lvl bonus feat to wizards, maybe we could swap it out for this one.

 

[Leif]

So Wizards get a scheduled Bonus Feat at 5th, and a Regular Feat at 6th, is that right? Then I guess we'll have to add another bonus feat at 7th. *sigh* You'll be getting a feat every level pretty soon!

 

[renau1g]

Like 4e ... I'll admit I'm spoiled by the gluttony of feats in that edition.

 

[Leif]

Gluttony of feats in 4E? I hadn't noticed that. I thought the feats were about like 3.5, but I guess Iwas wrong? I'll have to look again.

 

[Leif]

New Feat: Arcane (Specialist) Adaptability

Previously, I had used this wording: "Using this new feat, Wizards still prepare spells in the same way and in the same number that they did before. The difference is that prepared spells are not plugged in to specific spell slots. Thus, a wizard with 4 first level spell slots could prepare four different first level spells. Say, Magic Missile and three others. But, if this wizard runs into more combat than he planned for, he could use all four of his first level slots to cast Magic Missile. He wouldn't have to do this, but he would have the option."


But now I think I'll make another change:

Arcane Specialist Adaptability is a feat avaiable to Speciallist Wizards of at least 6th level. The feat works like this: the wizard selects and prepares his spells for the normal number of standard and bonus spell slots as usual. But, he has the option, instead of casting a prepared spell of another school, to spontaneously cast any spell he knows of his specialist school of the same level or lower.

Now what does everyone think?

 

[renau1g]

well...by the time you get to 12th level you have 8 feats vs 4 in 3.5e, at lvl 20 you have 12 vs. 6 in 3.5e.

You get them at approx. every other level ( a little faster than that, 1/1.67 levels)

 

[Leif]

Yes, but your arithmetic does not include the bonus feats that almost every 3.5 class gets. Fighters get a TON of bonus feats!

 

[Leif]

Actually, if I had been thinking, I would have also given Magical Aptitude and Expanded Spellbook to all of our wizards as bonus feats. Oh, well, too late now!