Spheres of Power Conversion to Spell Slots?

[Lu_Bu]

Hello everyone,

I am going to be the only one using a character with the Spheres of Power rules and I have question about them. What is the spell point to spell slot conversion? In other words, how many spell points equal a 1st level spell slot and so forth?

[GM Rednal]

They don't convert. Spell Points are a different resource than spell slots, and they're generally not meant to mix.

If you're a Spherecaster, you get spell points as described by your class (typically caster level + casting ability modifier + any bonuses, like feats or casting traditions). If you're a Vancian caster, you get spell slots.

The closest thing to an actual conversion comes in the Bokor prestige class, but that's balanced around its own expectations.

[Bard of Ages]

Spheres of Power's own internal rule set is why I find it really hard to mix with vancian magic, and thus why I unfortunately don't use it regardless of it's cool flavor.

I like the idea, but as a GM, I generally stick to the CRB when I make a BBEG which doesn't really work well with the idea of spell slots and things like dispel magic.

[Dragonborn3]

The closest you'll get is the Prepared Caster drawback.

[GM Rednal]

@Bard: What troubles have you been having, exactly? There is some built-in compatibility for spell effects and the like (for example, if you need to find a Core-style "Spell Level", you just divide the Spherecasting level by 2 and round down as needed), and it shouldn't be too hard to run both at a table.