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<blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 5943640" data-attributes="member: 11300">It's a shame if you let a few odd mechanics turn you off the entire game. The game is never going to be a perfect fit for me but for over 30 years playing D&amp;D, I've coped. And hey, if enough people don't like this sort of stuff, the designers will most likely change or adapt it.***In terms of armour, I can see the following being used to both preserve the robed wizard yet allow other archetypes:*You need to be both strong and hale to have proficiency with wearing armour (something the robed wizard may not likely be but the fightery type of wizard would). If a wizard is wearing armour they are not proficient with, then either they cannot cast spells, or suffer a %chance of losing/ miscasting the spell. [My preference however, is to have casting a spell be a check. In this case different armours would provide different penalties to that casting check with non-proficiency being a -4 penalty on top.*You cannot cast spells while encumbered unless you have training (a feat). This again requires above average constitution and perhaps a pre-requisite feat or perhaps even an entire theme.Best RegardsHerremann the Wise</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Herremann the Wise, post: 5943640, member: 11300"] It's a shame if you let a few odd mechanics turn you off the entire game. The game is never going to be a perfect fit for me but for over 30 years playing D&D, I've coped. And hey, if enough people don't like this sort of stuff, the designers will most likely change or adapt it. *** In terms of armour, I can see the following being used to both preserve the robed wizard yet allow other archetypes: *You need to be both strong and hale to have proficiency with wearing armour (something the robed wizard may not likely be but the fightery type of wizard would). If a wizard is wearing armour they are not proficient with, then either they cannot cast spells, or suffer a %chance of losing/ miscasting the spell. [My preference however, is to have casting a spell be a check. In this case different armours would provide different penalties to that casting check with non-proficiency being a -4 penalty on top. *You cannot cast spells while encumbered unless you have training (a feat). This again requires above average constitution and perhaps a pre-requisite feat or perhaps even an entire theme. Best Regards Herremann the Wise [/QUOTE]

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