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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8190475" data-attributes="member: 29398">Well, yes and no.&nbsp; Both 3e and 5e have various options that allow casting even if you take damage or are otherwise jostled during casting (combat casting in 3e, 5e has an equivalent I believe) or are partly restrained (in 5e you only need one hand free to cast; the other can be hanging on to a cliffside or fending off a foe); options that 1e didn't have.&nbsp; Which means your point about casting being automatic in 1e has been dialled to eleven here.It's strange - with each passing edition the default design solution for overpowered casters has been to nerf the spells; yet at the same time they keep shooting that solution in the foot by making those spells easier and more reliable to cast.&nbsp; And in 5e they get cantrips that actually do stuff - as opposed to the 1e ones from UA that for the most part really didn't - which they can cast all day long.Far better IMO to keep the 1e sense of magic-casting being high risk (you can easily be interrupted), high reward (if you do get the spell away, you know it's going to pack a punch), and limited availability (no at-wills).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8190475, member: 29398"] Well, yes and no. Both 3e and 5e have various options that allow casting even if you take damage or are otherwise jostled during casting (combat casting in 3e, 5e has an equivalent I believe) or are partly restrained (in 5e you only need one hand free to cast; the other can be hanging on to a cliffside or fending off a foe); options that 1e didn't have. Which means your point about casting being automatic in 1e has been dialled to eleven here. It's strange - with each passing edition the default design solution for overpowered casters has been to nerf the spells; yet at the same time they keep shooting that solution in the foot by making those spells easier and more reliable to cast. And in 5e they get cantrips that actually do stuff - as opposed to the 1e ones from UA that for the most part really didn't - which they can cast all day long. Far better IMO to keep the 1e sense of magic-casting being high risk (you can easily be interrupted), high reward (if you do get the spell away, you know it's going to pack a punch), and limited availability (no at-wills). [/QUOTE]

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