Spellcaster University is a card game at its core, but calling it that doesn’t do it justice in the slightest. GAMEPLAY 9.5/10 Choose your map, build your school, and train your students to face off against the King of Evil!
The audio peaks occasionally during the overly-loud voiceover for the intro and when the music is set to maximum, but other than these minor audio issues, the myriad sound effects and genre-appropriate music enrich the overall experience. Guinea pigs- Spellcaster University’s adorable equivalent of messenger pigeons-are especially cute as they make their way up to the catapult for launch, squeaking and grunting all the way. Whether they’re eating, sleeping, crafting, or summoning demons from the underworld, each character adds his or her own layer to a continually growing wall of sound. Curious observers who want a closer look, however, are in for an audio treat: every student or staff member is accompanied by sounds that reflect their current engagement. Personally, I prefer to watch my school from a distance so I can keep an eye on every sprawling corner of it. It's also worth noting they're generally more martially inclined, capable of wielding weapons and donning armor.SOUND QUALITY 7/10 Dive into a soundscape of magical effects, medieval music, and…guinea pigs?ĭue to the sheer scope of managing an entire magical school, there are lots of things to continually oversee: renovations, administrative dungeon quests, patching holes in the fabric of space-time.you know, the yooj. To make up for this, warlocks regenerate spell slots after a short rest rather than a long rest and also have Invocations that often take the shape of magical abilities. More important to gameplay is that warlocks have by far the shortest spell list and available spell slots in the game, often getting only a handful that they can cast at a time. Warlocks are perhaps the most distinct of the three, and draw their power from a patron whose mechanical impact on the gameplay itself is largely up to the player and their Dungeon Master. This helps grant a sorcerer's shorter spell list a greater flexibility to be used in a wider variety of situations. Sorcerers choose and change their spells as they level up, but their most unique ability is their Metamagic which allows them to shape individual spells for different purposes. Metamagic makes spells quieter or grants them a greater duration or more potent power. Sorcerers often come from a magical lineage like dragons or demons, and the result is that they have a shorter spell list but less reliance on preparation. They are distinct from sorcerers, whose source of power lies within their own bodies. RELATED: Dungeons & Dragons: The Cleric's Divine Domain Options, Ranked Although the wizard subclasses specialize in different areas of magic, wizards typically have so many different options available to them that they work well as generalists. They have the longest list of available spells in the game, can add new ones to their spellbook at any point throughout their adventure and prepare a shorter list of spells that can change each day depending on what they plan to do. This means that study and preparation are key to playing a wizard. For the purposes of storytelling, it's easiest to remember that each class draws its power from a different source.įor wizards, that source of power is their own knowledge of the arcane arts. But while it is easy and convenient to group them together, they come with important stylistic and functional differences that are key to understand.
Whereas clerics, druids or bards each dedicate their lives to a specific source of magic, the purer spellcasting classes more classically align with what a newer player would imagine the spellcaster of a party to be. While the three main spellcasting classes are certainly not the only ones capable of spellcraft, they are the trifecta primarily focused on magic itself.
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