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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerakSpielman" data-source="post: 1949235" data-attributes="member: 7464">MacLaren,It's debateable. I am very much teaching my own philosophy from when I play spellcasters. If you have a couple wands and a good selection of scrolls, then using up your daily allotment isn't as big of a deal. After all, those are spells you get for free every day! What a deal! Use 'em if you got 'em! But it's also true that a lot of my advice might hinge on my DMing style. I'd say that about half the combats my players find themselves in are the only combat they're doing for the day. It makes no sense to horde spells in such a campaign. Also keep in mind that this is intended to be a basic strategy. Anybody who's been playing D&D for a while knows that there are many strategies or philosophies to follow when determining how to use spells.  The primary purpose of this essay was to help them understand that there are ways of being useful in combat other than blasting the enemy. It's something they truly didn't grasp, and judging by the feedback I've gotten from them so far, they're liking having their horizons expanded. The druid player has suddenly grasped the concept of Bull's Strength + Magic Fang + Wild Shape (Bear), and I just helped the Sorcerer player sort through her spells and purchase scrolls to supplement her existing selection. For those of you who asked, of course you can reproduce this and show it to your players! If it helps just one player have a better time at the game then it was worth the hour it took to write.</blockquote>

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