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Right after Second Edition released citricking did an analysis of spellcasting success and failure odds (Thread here) It showed that spell's success chances were pretty consistent across all levels, (About 50% against on-level enemy's moderate save.) but there are dips in effectiveness at levels 4-6(right before Expert spellcasting) and levels 11-14. (right before Master spellcasting) I think that these dips are a big part of the "feelsbadman" that has been discussed ad nauseam on these forums, and I was thinking about solutions to smooth out those dips.

Some people have suggested moving Spellcasting Proficiency increases forward, an idea that appealed to me so I did some fiddling. I found that moving the Expert Spellcasting to level 5 and the Master Spellcasting to level 11 smoothed out those dips in effectivness without changing the odds of success at other levels too much. (50-55% success rate for on-level moderate save for 14/20 levels) It isn't the cleanest solution, cleric for instance is problematic because its spellcasting boosts are based on Doctrine and there is no doctrine benefit at 5th level.

Thoughts?

Personally, I've always treated alignment more as choosing a side-Your character has aligned themselves with the forces that support each alignment and choose to live their life as close to the philosophical outlooks associated with that alignment. Life events can then change a person's outlook and potentially change who they choose to side with.

To each their own.