About the only thing that I miss among the 5e classes is a spontaneous divine caster with full spell progression, similar to the Favoured Soul in 3.x or the Oracle in Pathfinder.
I have generally grown fond of spontaneous casters for being less fiddly and requiring less bookkeeping than the traditional Vancian memorization - just print out the spells you actually know for quick access and then embark down the dungeon!
The only things the PHB gives us are the Cleric and the Druid (full casters with Vancian casting) and the Ranger and the Paladin (spontaneous but capped).
I figure it would be easy enough to do it as a houserule by taking the Cleric/Druid, swapping their spell progression table with that of the Sorcerer and then changing the bits that only make sense with memorization (and maybe exchanging other level features with that of the Sorcerer that rhyme well with spontaneous casting).
Before I embark on messing with a game that I haven't even run or played yet, I am wondering if someone has already done such a class write-up to save me the time. (Google has shown me nothing.)
For the most part these classes already exist. They're called the cleric and the druid.
They don't use pure, old-school Vancian magic. They operate similarly to 3.x spontaneous casters, except they can change their spells known after a nights rest if they wish.
Re-reading their spellcasting entries, you are right.
That's what I get for seeing "Daily spell slots per spell level" in the level table and skimming the spellcasting details under the assumption that spell memorization for prepared casters will be as it always has been.
Curse thee for destroying my only major complaint with 5e ;)
Quote from: Skyrock;782765Re-reading their spellcasting entries, you are right.
That's what I get for seeing "Daily spell slots per spell level" in the level table and skimming the spellcasting details under the assumption that spell memorization for prepared casters will be as it always has been.
Curse thee for destroying my only major complaint with 5e ;)
The DMG may also have a section with optional spellcasting methods. There was a post some time ago about it.