Just an initial assessment, as I haven't had time to playtest it yet, but a sorcerer using words of power would seem to play out a little like a warmage from 3.5. Ultimate versatility on the battlefield (with the right words), but little in the way of utility magic.
The playtest did not include all of the words. It was mostly for a playability and spell damage test.
It seems very much like the "Chaos Mage" of ages gone by, just with standard spell limitations rather than hit point damage.
a class that works only with power words dose not seem like a bad idea thow
One thing that was stated was the list of Words we have now are limited, and more the number-crunching type. The truely utility Words weren't released yet.
Just an initial assessment, as I haven't had time to playtest it yet, but a sorcerer using words of power would seem to play out a little like a warmage from 3.5. Ultimate versatility on the battlefield (with the right words), but little in the way of utility magic.
I am curious to see how Gish characters will work out with this system. If all you want to be is a fighter with the ability to fry things at range when stuff is not next to you then the WoP system seems like it might be perfect for that.
The Magus should also be interesting. A major complaint about the class was that there were so few touch spells that dovetailed with its signature ability. But now, voila! Anything can be a touch spell, well almost.