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Message: <blockquote data-quote="alkabong" data-source="post: 1130599" data-attributes="member: 14228">An interesting idea - but it sounds potentially unbalancing to allow classes to stack in this way.I'm sure any sorcerer would appreciate that change!This seems unbalancing because levels in sorcerer give you 1> Extra spells/day and 2> Extra spells known.  Levels in Wizard give you 1> Extra spells/day.  Bad for wizards, and good for sorcerers. This seems a bit convoluted, and it looks like you get a *lot* for gaining a level in wizard OR sorcerer with this methodology.This sounds like a fairly good idea.  Using points like this makes it easier to keep track of how much spontaneous casting you can do and isn't a restrictive a system as the classic sorcerer rules are.  I agree that it should scale with level as well as allowing for high ability scores.My biggest beef with this method is that it seems unbalanced - a character doesn't have to give up anything to both prepare spells and spontaneously cast them.  They simply take levels in both wizard and sorcerer and these stack in the most beneficial way imaginable.  That is why my initial concept required the expenditure of so many feats and required a good Intelligence AND a good Charisma to go down this path.However, I really like the simplicity of the basic concept: simply take levels in wizard and sorcerer that match the "mix" that you are looking for.  If you are approximately equal ability in both spontaneous casting and prepared casting, take the same number of levels in both classes.  Perhaps if there were other factors that would balance the "super-stacking", this would be a viable approach.</blockquote>

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