wilcoxon wrote:
Would it really hurt anything if Spontaneously Awakened (and possibly Rudimentary XXX) gave access to extra traditions for purposes of Learn Spell (something along the lines of choose a primary and two secondary traditions but only gain a single spell from primary but be treated as "knowing" a spell from the secondaries)?
If that is what you want, why don't you just take A/DSC? The Rudimentary XXXX and Spontaneously Awakened represent people with either incomplete educations in spellcasting or who 'awaken' to it. If you want to be trained in multiple Traditions, then you have to be TRAINED in multiple traditions, and that is represented in the game by the A/DSC talents.
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More generously, would it hurt anything if Learn Spell let you take a spell from any tradition you have access to (not just those you already know)?
But you only have access to the one. If you want access to more, you have to burn the talents for it. If you could just mix and match without care for traditions, then there is no point for the Traditions in the first place.
Simply put, if you want to be a well rounded caster, you can't just pick up a couple night course and 'take levels in wizard'. Spell casting is a vocation in itself.
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The current rules definitely make the Wilder path an extremely subpar choice for almost all characters (you're stuck with a single tradition forever).
Well, Wilder's don't exist in this system. That is a D&Dism right here and only slightly relates to Arcanis canon in this incarnation. For Spontaneously Awakened characters, the Tradition they learn represents the total of what they have discovered within themselves. If you have never 'experienced' a Control Tradition without any formal education, how do you expect to unlock it? Magic is practice more than it is instinct.
If you are talking about sub-par, remember that not all character ideas have to be 'equal'. Some are better ideas than other, and in this system the "wilder" as you discribe simply isn't the mechanically best. That said, I FULLY intend on going this path with my Martial val'Vasik as the Heritage Spell for them are pretty sweet!