Cant Make Good Mechanics for this Concept [Archive] - Wizards Community

Cant Make Good Mechanics for this Concept [Archive] - Wizards Community

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11d7
08-02-05, 11:59 AM I am having a very hard time finding a way to make this work in game:

In real life I am a good at alot of thing but master at almost nothing. When I learns the basics of something its easy because its the basics. However next time I learn something basic about something else it doesnt nessisaritly get harder just becuase I learned some other basic stuff before.

The reason I'm having an issue with this is becuase the magic system I have desigend for my campaign is tree based. Only 1 class that can cast magic but 5 strains of magic that advance on their own the character picks from.
Each level they gain they can advance a step higher in that strain of magic and if they take downtime for research they can start to take levels in a new strain.

However at level 5 it takes more XP to advance a level than starting level 1 (I assume children are 'level 0' and gain their class when they reach minimum starting age). So if a Magic User can cast Shamanic Magic at level 4 but wants to start casting Elemental Sorcerery at level 1 too it cost more XP than learning that basic skill is worth, dispite it being the same ability that can be learned at lower levels for alot less.

I tryed changing it so each level cost a number of point that you gained per level. Each level you gained more so if you wanted to spend a few on basic magic of a type at higher levels and put the rest into you main school of magic thats fine but here is the problem: I cant figure out the right values to use base level 4 magic. I tryed with low numbers like 1-14 but that didnt work because things could not be divided up easily. Then with numbers like 20-100 but that was discuraging anyone playing a magic user.

I guess the same argument can be made for multiclassing in general but I would be happy of any help that can be given to me about this.
DrMorganes
08-02-05, 12:43 PM I'm a little unclear on how your system works, and why it's a problem.

Can you post a detailed explanation of your system? We'll go from there. :D
11d7
08-02-05, 01:07 PM Sorry to bother. As I was typing it out to explain better I figured it out. If you still wanna hear the system then just ask.
Gilean
08-04-05, 10:26 AM See the multiclassing variant by Szatany in this very page.
jagggar
08-04-05, 04:14 PM I'm still interested in hearing how it works and how you fixed your problem.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
11d7 08-02-05, 11:59 AM	I am having a very hard time finding a way to make this work in game: In real life I am a good at alot of thing but master at almost nothing. When I learns the basics of something its easy because its the basics. However next time I learn something basic about something else it doesnt nessisaritly get harder just becuase I learned some other basic stuff before. The reason I'm having an issue with this is becuase the magic system I have desigend for my campaign is tree based. Only 1 class that can cast magic but 5 strains of magic that advance on their own the character picks from. Each level they gain they can advance a step higher in that strain of magic and if they take downtime for research they can start to take levels in a new strain. However at level 5 it takes more XP to advance a level than starting level 1 (I assume children are 'level 0' and gain their class when they reach minimum starting age). So if a Magic User can cast Shamanic Magic at level 4 but wants to start casting Elemental Sorcerery at level 1 too it cost more XP than learning that basic skill is worth, dispite it being the same ability that can be learned at lower levels for alot less. I tryed changing it so each level cost a number of point that you gained per level. Each level you gained more so if you wanted to spend a few on basic magic of a type at higher levels and put the rest into you main school of magic thats fine but here is the problem: I cant figure out the right values to use base level 4 magic. I tryed with low numbers like 1-14 but that didnt work because things could not be divided up easily. Then with numbers like 20-100 but that was discuraging anyone playing a magic user. I guess the same argument can be made for multiclassing in general but I would be happy of any help that can be given to me about this.
DrMorganes 08-02-05, 12:43 PM	I'm a little unclear on how your system works, and why it's a problem. Can you post a detailed explanation of your system? We'll go from there. :D
11d7 08-02-05, 01:07 PM	Sorry to bother. As I was typing it out to explain better I figured it out. If you still wanna hear the system then just ask.
Gilean 08-04-05, 10:26 AM	See the multiclassing variant by Szatany in this very page.
jagggar 08-04-05, 04:14 PM	I'm still interested in hearing how it works and how you fixed your problem.