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<blockquote data-quote="Falcon" data-source="post: 81351" data-attributes="member: 1056">Hi everyone.I had an epiphany tonight, after some beer and wine.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; I have always been irritated by the load and shoot system of D&amp;D magic (my interpretation), until someone joined a campaign I play in with a character totally developed around fire, because of being burnt as a kid. I believe he is an invoker, etc., but what is cool is that all his spells have to do with fire and speed, and he is a very tempremental character (worse than my short-tempered and irreverant swordsman).&nbsp; In the campaign I DM, a new player is joining as a sorcerer who wants his spells to reflect his personality.&nbsp; I think this is great!!!&nbsp; We are designing a spell-list that fits his personality and personal experience.This, to me, is the essence of role-playing.&nbsp; The magic available fits the personality of the character.&nbsp; I personally have been biased towards martial types of characters because their particular abilities are so personal, and now understand how magic can seem less technological in aspect and more an expression of energy, defined by clearly marked parameters, reflceting an expression of a particular type of being.I got lucky with the two new players in my campaign!!!!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />In my exuberance, I forgot to mention that I'd like to hear what you all have to say about spells and magic as an extension of personality.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falcon, post: 81351, member: 1056"] Hi everyone. I had an epiphany tonight, after some beer and wine. :D I have always been irritated by the load and shoot system of D&D magic (my interpretation), until someone joined a campaign I play in with a character totally developed around fire, because of being burnt as a kid. I believe he is an invoker, etc., but what is cool is that all his spells have to do with fire and speed, and he is a very tempremental character (worse than my short-tempered and irreverant swordsman). In the campaign I DM, a new player is joining as a sorcerer who wants his spells to reflect his personality. I think this is great!!! We are designing a spell-list that fits his personality and personal experience. This, to me, is the essence of role-playing. The magic available fits the personality of the character. I personally have been biased towards martial types of characters because their particular abilities are so personal, and now understand how magic can seem less technological in aspect and more an expression of energy, defined by clearly marked parameters, reflceting an expression of a particular type of being. I got lucky with the two new players in my campaign!!!!:D In my exuberance, I forgot to mention that I'd like to hear what you all have to say about spells and magic as an extension of personality. [/QUOTE]

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