I've been working on reworking the mage class. The more I think about it, the less fond of it I am mechanically, but the more I like it thematically.

One thought I had was to replace it with a refluffed OA shaman, but they're still a tier 1 caster, which i'd like to avoid. I've decided to un-restrict druids (allow them to be from all races/backgrounds), but cut them off of any spells above level six and give them the bardic spell progression, and leave all other abilities untouched. As there are no dinosaurs in is setting, there's really no need to put any thing in place to avoid fleshraker shenanigans.

Jirku's awesome tier 3 wizard derivatives are, well, awesome, but I plan to have low-level casters be fairly ubiquitous, and having the average feisty housewife be able to wreath herself in a glorious ring of flames...... It's a little more high-magic than what I was looking for.

Any thoughts? Or will bards be lonely as the only arcane casters?