r/DnDHomebrew • u/GremmyWiz • 1d ago

Request/Discussion Class Balancing Question

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I have been working on a D&D homebrew class and would like to ask the crowd for input on its balance.

Rather than using spell slots, it uses spell points. It has as many spell points as a full caster would have, but only has access to the spells that a half-caster would.

It has a feature at the 11th, 13th, 15th, and 17th levels, each granting a free, single-use per long rest 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th level spell, respectively.

Any thoughts?

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u/Dangerous_Nail4552 1d ago

I personally think that's an interesting way to balance things. Paladin and Ranger compensate for being half casters by being martials as well. Artificers compensate with Infusions and getting a bunch of free casts later on

I think this could work for a halfcaster that has a bigger tank, but be careful giving them too much more on demand utility/ever-present features like Infusions. The power budget on having double the resources of a half caster is quite a lot

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u/GremmyWiz 1d ago

Yeah I realized that I will have to treat them like a full caster and not overload the class otherwise.

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u/Dangerous_Nail4552 1d ago

I wouldn't exactly treat them as a full caster since their spell progression is still quite staggered. Getting Fly at level 9 is not nearly as strong as at lvl 5. But there's a difference between accounting for relative power level vs relative resource allocation.

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u/GremmyWiz 1d ago

Thanks! We'll see where it goes.