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I am in the middle of helping a player create a Duskblade. I have been using a small variant on the Spell Point system found in Unearthed Arcana (the point amounts are the same, though). I was wondering how different non-SRD classes fit into this system, and specifically the Duskblade.

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There are no official guidelines for this.

Further, the SRD classes are not converted consistently themselves, making logical extrapolation highly difficult. For the classic example, a Vancian Sorcerer ends up having 50% more spells per day than a Wizard, while the Spell Point Sorcerer ends up having about 7% more spell points per day. The values are, as far as I have been able to tell, rather arbitrarily determined.

I would suggest giving them "many" spell points, probably more than even the Sorcerer. One of the Duskblade's strengths is the massive number of spells per day the class gets, I suggest retaining that advantage throughout the conversion, even if the class doesn't have many high level spell slots inflating the pool.

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In reality, the Unearthed Arcana variant is awful, and you're way too humble if you're not recommending (strongly) your excellent Psionic-conversion variant. – KRyan Feb 6 at 17:34
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@KRyan While yes, I do happen to agree with the UA spell point system being awful and mine being excellent, I thought it was a bit outside the scope of the question. Especially since I have not converted the Duskblade. – Ernir Feb 6 at 17:44
Point, OK well, now I'm curious so I've asked specifically about your variant re: Duskblade, if you care to share your thoughts. – KRyan Feb 6 at 18:12
@KRyan Mission accomplished then! I'll retract the comment since it's unecessary. – SevenSidedDie Feb 6 at 20:23

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