Keith Davies wrote:

> Hi All,

> 

> Level Bonus in Echelon was level/2, but what happens if I make it

> equal to level?

> 

> I think it works better overall (though I may need to revise spell

> casting rules more than I expected)... but I may have missed something.

> 

> You can find the post at

> http://www.echelond20.org/2011/10/15/reconsidering-level-bonus/

> 

> 

> Thoughts, questions, comments?

    Raises an interesting talent structure to me: rather than mostly 

positive addons to a 1/2 level base, you could use mostly penalties to a 

full level base.

    Fighter = armour, weapon, movement, damage, and defence tricks.

    Wizard = spells akimbo, TMWNMTK: but with penalties to hit and HP.

    Not purchased as separate penalty features, rather as a part of learning 

spellcasting talents you fall behind in some of the heroic nature of being 

high level.

    Thus the more spellcasting (or sneak attack, or magical pets, or 

whatever) you take, the less like a Fighter you get to be. It also forces 

you as a designer to come up with things for Fighters to do that are more 

than increasing the basic stats.

    Even take the same spellcasting talents at a higher tier to remove some 

penalties (as a Paladin or Ranger might). Maybe simpler to model as a 

separate talent that removes lower level penalties.

-- 

    tussock