Talk:Magicka (3.5e Variant Rule)

Ratings

 * I agree with the fact that this variant doesn't do anything to weaken spellcasting in general, but weakening spells is not the purpose of this article. The best way I can think of describing what I had in mind is turning a modern handgun into a blunderbuss. Both'll still kill you, but the blunderbuss will need time to reload. Mages can no longer go in guns blazing with a succession of five 9th-level spells with a half-dozen protective buffs cast in preparation. It forces mages to choose to either focus on dealing damage, or controlling the battlefield, or providing defensive buffs for themselves and the party. They don't have the juice to do all three at once anymore. --Sulacu (talk) 16:47, 20 March 2014 (UTC)


 * On the flipside, now Polymorph, Displacement, Haste, and other incredibly powerful low-level spells become all-day abilities without the action cost that would normally be needed to put them up at the start of the fight (which is the main limiting factor at high levels usually, not the expenditure of their spell slot), and wizards become sorcerers who can switch out their entire spell list every day. --Ghostwheel (talk) 17:20, 20 March 2014 (UTC)