'New' Vancian Magic

[D'karr]

[MENTION=76407]ggboostrom[/MENTION] - How are you generating the blockquote for your rules?

Looks like indent and lists

 

[Jeff Carlsen]

Looks like indent and lists

Ahh. Thanks. My HTML knowledge was actually getting in the way.

 

[ggboostrom]

I've always liked the fluff of spell preparation. Spells take a long time to cast, but if you prepare a spell beforehand, you can basically finish casting it quickly during combat. I could easily see a wizard that can't have a lot of spells prepared at a time, but who can prepare spells multiple times in a day.

This works well conceptually, but some spells would seriously impact the game if they could be cast more than once or twice per day.

A Possible Solution

The wizard has a number of spell slots equal to his level. Preparing a spell requires a number of slots equal to the spell's level and takes an amount of time noted in the spell's description.

Some spells, such as Burning Hands or Elemental Weapon take only a couple of rounds to prepare. Others, like Fireball or Tenser's Floating Disk take minutes, while powerful spells like Wish or Power Word Kill might take days or weeks.
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I like this idea!