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The maximum Circle of a spell is determined ONLY by the CHARACTER level of the caster. This allows a demi-caster, or a dual-class caster, or a multiclass caster, to 'burn' through their mana recklessly and produce a few effects just as strong as a dedicated caster of their own level. | The maximum Circle of a spell is determined ONLY by the CHARACTER level of the caster. This allows a demi-caster, or a dual-class caster, or a multiclass caster, to 'burn' through their mana recklessly and produce a few effects just as strong as a dedicated caster of their own level. | ||
Even more importantly, there are only nine spell levels, but there are | Even more importantly, there are only nine spell levels, but there are eighteen Circles! At the very highest levels, those casters who have not indulged in True Dweomers can Mana Burn their conventional spells to the very heights of those lofty High Circles, producing damaging effects that must be seen to be believed, even from fairly mundane spells, at the cost of recklessly 'burning' a dozen or more spell slots in a single casting. | ||
Mana Burning is completely optional, but can be very, very tempting. At mid-levels it can provide a useful 'bump' in damage for fairly modest expenditures of spell slots. At high levels, a single spell can Burn a dozen or more spell slots. Combined with Quicken Spell and Multispell, a reckless caster could tear through fifty or more of their spell slots in a single round! | Mana Burning is completely optional, but can be very, very tempting. At mid-levels it can provide a useful 'bump' in damage for fairly modest expenditures of spell slots. At high levels, a single spell can Burn a dozen or more spell slots. Combined with Quicken Spell and Multispell, a reckless caster could tear through fifty or more of their spell slots in a single round! | ||
Granted, such extreme feats of mana burning are likely to end most fights quickly, but there are very few casters of any sort that can keep up that sort of a ruinous pace for very long. | Granted, such extreme feats of mana burning are likely to end most fights quickly, but there are very few casters of any sort that can keep up that sort of a ruinous pace for very long. | ||
====Master Circle Charts for Spell and True Dweomer Damage==== | ====Master Circle Charts for Spell and True Dweomer Damage==== | ||