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ArochanoX

08-04-05, 04:42 PM
This class is to make wizard less powerful at higher levels, put more cinematic effects into the campaing and to give wizard more flexibility. Rate how I succeeded!

Wizard:

Hit die: the same
Skills: the same
Saves: the same
BAB: the same

Scribe scroll, summon familiar and monus feats as normal.


Spells readied:
lvl 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 mana
1 3 2 - - - - - - - - 2
2 4 3 - - - - - - - - 4
3 4 3 2 - - - - - - - 7
4 4 4 3 - - - - - - - 11
5 5 4 3 2 - - - - - - 16
6 5 4 4 3 - - - - - - 24
7 5 5 4 3 2 - - - - - 33
8 5 5 4 4 3 - - - - - 44
9 6 5 5 4 3 2 - - - - 56
10 6 5 5 4 4 3 - - - - 72
11 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 - - - 88
12 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 - - - 104
13 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 - - 120
14 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 - - 136
15 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 - 152
16 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 - 168
17 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 184
18 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 200
19 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 216
20 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 232


Spellcasting:
Wizard readies spells from his spellbooks or other sources like scrolls (then the scroll is used). Wizard can ready spells according to the table Spells Readied. Readying spells takes 1 hour of study. Readied spells are cast spontaneously.

Spells are cast using mana. Different level spells use different amount of mana. You can't cast spell that would exeed your mana left. To replenish your mana after resting, wizard has to meditate for half hour. Wizard cannot meditate more than one time in 24 hours.

Whenever wizard casts a spell, he has to make fortitude saving throw against DC of 10 + spell level. If the wizard fails, he becomes fatigued after casting. If the wizard already was fatigued, he becomes exhausted after casting. If the wizard already was exhausted, he becomes unconciouss fo 10 minutes after casting.

Specialization: the same. (The bonus spell stays separate from the mana)

Cinematic spells:
A wizard can cast cinematic spells. Cinematic spells are higher level spells than the wizard can actually cast and they cost very much from the wizard. Wizard has to prepare cinematic spell ahead of time, it can be any spell from sor/wiz spell list that is not from his banned schools and that is up to 2 levels higher than the wizard can actually cast (wizard doesn't need any written material (exept his notes) to cast it). Preparing a cinematic spell takes half hour and it can be done at any time. Preparing the cinematic spell makes the wizard fatigued. If he already was fatigued, he becomes exhausted. Exhausted wizard cannot prepare a cinematic spell. Preparing the cinematic spell costs mana as if the spell of cinematic spell's spell level was cast.

Casting the cinematic spell always takes the minumum of 1 full round action to cast (the spell is resolved at the end of the turn), and it costs mana as per the spell of that level costs. And the caster needs to make a fortitude save to avoid becoming fatigued, exhausted or unconcious.

Level 10 and 11 cinematic spells are metamagiced up (with any metamagic feat) normal spells.
ArochanoX

08-07-05, 03:00 PM
:bump:
ArochanoX

08-10-05, 03:23 PM
Anyone?