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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8420588" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>No worries, I pointed it out more to ask what you think of it, but I worded it poorly to get that across. My bad.</p><p></p><p>Wouldn't it be easier to just have spells cost more points where appropriate? Like, if you've monk numbers of points, and spells cost 1 point per spell level, and most of the non spell abilities cost 1 point, you'll burn points faster casting spells, but have increased "nova" potential from it. </p><p></p><p>Another benefit of taking rangers off the "half caster" track and making it be class features that let them spend points on spells, if that you can skip spell levels to give a level 15 Ranger a single use of a level 7 spell that feels right for a ranger, without having to actually make them spellcasters of that power. I'm pretty sure the Monk isn't limited to half caster progression on it's special ki features that cast or mimic spells at high levels. </p><p></p><p>meanwhile, you can scale nonmagical ranger abilities using <em>more targets and longer durations</em>. So, hide in plain sight bumps to more targets hidden, or lasts longer, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8420588, member: 6704184"] No worries, I pointed it out more to ask what you think of it, but I worded it poorly to get that across. My bad. Wouldn't it be easier to just have spells cost more points where appropriate? Like, if you've monk numbers of points, and spells cost 1 point per spell level, and most of the non spell abilities cost 1 point, you'll burn points faster casting spells, but have increased "nova" potential from it. Another benefit of taking rangers off the "half caster" track and making it be class features that let them spend points on spells, if that you can skip spell levels to give a level 15 Ranger a single use of a level 7 spell that feels right for a ranger, without having to actually make them spellcasters of that power. I'm pretty sure the Monk isn't limited to half caster progression on it's special ki features that cast or mimic spells at high levels. meanwhile, you can scale nonmagical ranger abilities using [I]more targets and longer durations[/I]. So, hide in plain sight bumps to more targets hidden, or lasts longer, etc. [/QUOTE]
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