Variant Rule: Alternate Spellcasters

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Comments from the Pinky: For those times when you really wanted to be a Wizard, but your parents sent you to Cleric school, we got you.

 

 

Many times, a character concept will come to mind that fits the features and traits of a class, but not the ability scores central to that class. A Bard whose inspirations stem from study and learning rather than music or charm. A Paladin whose fervor and zeal are tempered by a lifetime in service to their cause. Such characters might favor abilities contrary to those primary to their spellcasting ability score, and can use the following optional rule to retrofit their mechanical elements to meet their narrative needs.

Using this variant rule, you can exchange your character’s spellcasting ability score for another one. Any class feature which uses the the spellcasting ability score is similarly switched. Doing so not only influences the character’s mechanics, but also changes the class’s name into something more suited to its variant magical origins.