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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7153794" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>And casting in a lower-level slot, it doesn't. Spellpoints make more sense, that way. You can sink a lot of points into a spell and it's more powerful, or fewer and it's weaker, and you can not have enough oomph left to cast your highest level spells. Slots removed from the Vancian context are just weird. If you're late in the day with just a high-level slot left, why can you now cast a high-level spell or single, very potent low-level one, but not several weaker low-level ones? Why would a non-scaling low level spell exhaust that slot as completely? Some sort of 'magic capacitor' is about the best conceptualization, but it's more metaphor than explanation. Might as well go off the fictional rails and just say 'magic is complicated and dangerous, slots represent the caster doing his best to manage myriad mystic factors, the details can vary wildly.'</p><p></p><p>Slots make sense mechanically, in that they make it easier to play a caster optimally, and reduce the sheer frustration that could be part of playing a Vancian caster back in the day. With so many sub-classes using slot casting, that's a vital consideration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7153794, member: 996"] And casting in a lower-level slot, it doesn't. Spellpoints make more sense, that way. You can sink a lot of points into a spell and it's more powerful, or fewer and it's weaker, and you can not have enough oomph left to cast your highest level spells. Slots removed from the Vancian context are just weird. If you're late in the day with just a high-level slot left, why can you now cast a high-level spell or single, very potent low-level one, but not several weaker low-level ones? Why would a non-scaling low level spell exhaust that slot as completely? Some sort of 'magic capacitor' is about the best conceptualization, but it's more metaphor than explanation. Might as well go off the fictional rails and just say 'magic is complicated and dangerous, slots represent the caster doing his best to manage myriad mystic factors, the details can vary wildly.' Slots make sense mechanically, in that they make it easier to play a caster optimally, and reduce the sheer frustration that could be part of playing a Vancian caster back in the day. With so many sub-classes using slot casting, that's a vital consideration. [/QUOTE]
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