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Re: Court Wizard Prestige Class 1st draft (Score: 1) by Breetai on Sun, June 05, 2005 (User Info | Send a Message)
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll be sure not to post drafts in the future but it was worth it hearing the roleplaying ideas which is what the class is all about more than the mechanics.
I guess it was assumed that the court wizard must be part of a court but I can see the point in making that a "Rule" for the class to just make it clear. I really like potiental for a class like this in the world of greyhawk but making a specific GH tie in would probobly limit the role playing potental .... uh oh the evil anti-paladin trying to domionate the world has one. ;) who says the court in question is not EVIL! That part of it depends on the individual DM's too much I think.
I considered having higher sense motive as well as diplomacy as requirements but I think most powerful wizards tend to be eccentric fruit cakes when played properly because they spend way too much time on the subject of magic and book knowlege. That dosn't mean they're not vastly intellegent but social skills usually arn't thier field. I think the distyiction is between knowing what someone is up to and knowing how to handle them without a charm spell.
Perhaps another limiting factor that would be appropriate to the class would be requiring the wizard have his own peronal and extensive laboratory and library. Requireing his scrying be done in his laboratory and the knowlege checks be made in his library.
Knocking down the skill points from 6 to 4 are definitly a balance issue wizards are supposed to have a high int anyway so it shouldn't matter.
I think that perhaps 10 ranks in each knowlege skill should be required to reflect higher level characters.
As for minimum spell casting I think I should have just thought about the basics and require the character know and have the ability to cast scry as the determining factor for determining level requirements.
I think changing the legend lore ability to 1/2 the time requirement if the character and it must be cast in his library.
