Tag: power
Toning down casters without changing the game
by sagotsky on Sep.16, 2009, under dnd
Holy crap, I’ve had this blog for more than a year. Weirder still is that I still enjoy posting in it.
Anyway, today I wanted to discuss an idea I’ve had for a while but never actually played with. I’m very fond of this idea because it does something that a lot of 3rd ed D&D players request, but it hardly touches the game rules. Spellcasters, especially wizards, are criticized for being too powerful. Some fixes alter or remove spells. Others change the levels or numbers of spells casters recieve. I propose using a mechanic already present, but often ignored – spell components.
Another option for restricting power in D&D
by sagotsky on Dec.18, 2008, under dnd, homebrew
A couple months back I read about a new way to play D&D that was intriguing and simple. Â It’s called 6e or level 6 epic. Â The idea is that once you reach level 6 your character is considered epic level. Â None of that level 7-20 business (obviously a game could be run with a different epic value, the idea remains the same). Â Instead of leveling, characters gain feats. Â They grow in power, but remain pretty much mortal.
But I get bored of feats. Â You get too many of them this way. Â Instead, what I suggest doing is repeating levels.
