Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
Disagree. The fun of playing a PC is playing that PC. It shouldn't be dependent on being able to use your oh-so-cool superpowers every turn, IMO.The possibility to roll a 1 and block casting until a rest is too punishing.
For a 5th level caster, recharge on 5-6, can make you cast one spell a fight including cantrip, very often. Considering fight lasting 3-4 rounds, really easy to roll under 5 few times in a row and be block for the rest of the fight.
The fun for a caster is to cast spell, not roll high on recharge dice!