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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8199845" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I agree that an an arcane half-caster needs a solid archetype to really work as a class. And I think the core of that concept is there in people’s heads, it just needs fleshing out. That’s why people don’t see the artificer as filling the arcane half-caster role - even though it fits the bill mechanically, it’s a totally different concept than what people want out of an arcane half-caster. That’s also why the bard has never quite satisfied the desire for such a character, even when it was a half-caster. I think you could re-tool the bard into something closer to what people want out of an arcane half-caster, but not without losing some of what makes the D&D bard what it is.I think the way to go with the arcane half-caster would be to make it D&D’s take on Geralt of Rivia, the same way the ranger is D&D’s take on Aragorn. Maybe they’re less half-wizard, more half-sorcerer. Perhaps the result of an attempt to create sorcerers intentionally, through some combination of eugenics, magical (trans-)mutation, and alchemy. Obviously leave it flexible - some might have been bred to be super-soldiers, some may have volunteered to be test subjects, some may have been unwitting subjects of a curse, some may have been born under an inauspicious sign. Point is, ordinary people who had inherent spellcasting ability somehow induced in them.</blockquote>