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    Quote Originally Posted by Lalliman View Post
    School of Culinary Arts
    Omnomicon (as funny as the name is) is purely a ribbon. Wizard is supposed to get something useful in addition to their Savant feature at 2nd level. (Admittedly the usefulness is inconsistent between subclasses. Minor Conjuration and Minor Alchemy are basically ribbons, but I would aim to match the usefulness of Arcane Ward, Portent, Etc. instead.) So it needs something more to be worthwhile.
    The reason for that is to balance with the usefulness of the Savant features in combat.

    Arcane Ward (Abjuration) is good and useful in combat because most Abjuration spells are highly situational at best for a wizard.
    Portent (Divination) is good for the same reason; there's a SINGLE divination spell that can be used in combat (Mind Spike), so their feature has to be great at changing the tide in combat.
    Minor Conjuration and Minor Alchemy (Conjuration and Transmutation) are ribbons because of the fact that the spells associated with those schools that are useful in combat are VERY plentiful. Most of the spells in the game are Transmutation, Conjuration or Evocation spells, with over half of those being oriented towards combat. Someone in these schools don't need any kind of help finding ways to participate in combat.

    Or, in other words, if your Savant ability is tied in to spells that are good for combat, you get a ribbon. If your spells don't help you in most combat scenarios, then you get a feature that dramatically makes your combat prowess better.
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    5th Edition Homebrewery
    Prestige Options, changing primary attributes to open a world of new multiclassing.
    Adrenaline Surge, fitting Short Rests into combat to fix bosses/Short Rest Classes.
    Pain, using Exhaustion to make tactical martial combatants.
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    update
    school of pyromancy fire control changed so can only be used once per turn
    school of cryomancy added
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    Update

    Photomancy added
    eremancy added
    Have you accepted the Flying Spaghetti Monster as your Lord and Savior? If so, add this to your signature!
    Beholders are just a meatball that fell out of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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    my first game started on a pirate ship
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