Timeline for What steps should I go about to balance a character class?
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| Apr 24, 2012 at 22:57 | comment | added | Bobson | Way late of a response, but you really shouldn't be trying to balance classes unless you have a good handle on them. As other commentaters have said, spell components are already not tracked, and sorcerers can be just as effective as wizards at creating magic items (they just have to spend a feat to be able to make scrolls). Trying to rebalance to "fix" things that aren't broken in the first place is a disaster waiting to happen. ---- That being said, if you did work something up, I'd love to see it. | |
| Mar 12, 2012 at 9:17 | comment | added | Tynam | My last sorcerer did his battlefield control with Wall of Fire... but that's not quite what you meant. | |
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| Aug 16, 2011 at 6:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackRPG/status/103352435237593088 | ||
| Aug 9, 2011 at 1:25 | comment | added | C. Ross |
@Cthos I prefer to have battlefield control myself. Slow is incredibly potent when you can repeatedly cast it.
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| Aug 8, 2011 at 19:51 | comment | added | Cthos | @C. Ross - And not to go on a rant, but battlefield control is one of the best things a Wizard can do. One of the best things a Sorcerer can do is mitigate that. Aka, Freedom of Movement, Dimension Door, and the like. I'd personally argue that Freedom of Movement is one of the most important spells in the game of its level, as it remains incredibly useful up through 20. | |
| Aug 7, 2011 at 3:19 | comment | added | Cthos | @c ross yes, I have actually. Being totally immune to grapples is incredibly useful. | |
| Aug 7, 2011 at 1:34 | comment | added | C. Ross | @Cthos Ever seen a Sorcerer take Freedom of Movement as a spell? Not likely. You can only afford to take things you will use every session. That's why Wizard is awesome, you have a big toolbox. | |
| Aug 5, 2011 at 15:02 | comment | added | Cthos | I thought of one other thing that doesn't answer your core question. Spell memorization is more for Balance rather than book keeping. Who's going to be better if a room is flooded with water, the Wizard who forgot to memorize Freedom of Movement, or the Sorcerer who can cast it 5x a day on a whim? (The Wizard however is far more versatile if he/she manages to plan ahead...) | |
| Aug 5, 2011 at 3:06 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | From the rules: Unless a cost is given for a material component, the cost is negligible. Don't bother to keep track of material components with negligible cost. Assume you have all you need as long as you have your spell component pouch. (d20pfsrd.com/magic#TOC-Components) | |
| Aug 4, 2011 at 19:26 | answer | added | valadil | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 4, 2011 at 17:53 | comment | added | Cthos | Couple of corrections to your assumptions. Spell components - Buy a spell component pouch and as long as it doesn't have a gold value listed, you're set and don't have to keep track of them. Sorcerer - They can make/use magic items just as well as anyone else, they just don't get Scribe Scroll as a free feat. They can't use scrolls to up the number of spells they know, if that's what you're getting at though. | |
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