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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tilla the Hun (work)" data-source="post: 1128485" data-attributes="member: 14214">Sheesh - I'm embarrased - a math minor who can't even add <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Point taken...  20th sorc with char +5 would only have 100 points.So when I said "... she expends an amount of mana equal to the level of the spell." that means to cast a 9th level spell, she expends 9 mana.Hmm.  So she can cast 10 9th level spells and 10 first level spells, if she sacrifices everything in between, right?Or how about this:  Not counting 0's (cuz she gets 6 free anyway), she could cast 1 of each level, spending 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 45.  2 of each level would then be 90, leaving her 10 points left over.That, however, is if she is choosing to spontaneously cast EVERY spell.What if she were to impress those spells the night before?  Now she can cast 4 at each level (matching a poor wizard).  Spend two nights, she gets 6 at each level, matching the poor sorc.  Spend 3 nights, she gets 8 at each level, outstripping both the good sorc and good wizard.  Of course, that 8 is limited by the maximum per day they can cast, modified by their attribute mod, so it would be more along the lines of 6/7/7/7/7/6/6/6/6...  (assuming cha of +5) Nice to know there are rewards for studying one's spells, isn't it?Although I'd not like to be a fighter in that group...  "Don't let them hit the mage!!!"So what exactly was your complaint?  That they cannot cast as powerfully as a sorc/wizard in numbers of spells?  I'd disagree with the preparation rules.  Beyond that I'm not sure - perhaps you'd enlighten me?</blockquote>

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