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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 688289" data-attributes="member: 2167">Just a really short reply on the "inefficient" use of "Utility Spells" by Wizards.My House Rule in place for Wizards is an adaptation of the definition/explanation of "preparation".  Since preparation is not really memorization, it is simply basically pre-casting a spell except for the final "Components" of the spell, I allow any Wizard to use their spellbook as a spell source. This gives the Wizard 2 options:1) Being able to perform a spell from within their spellbook from scratch (ie: on the fly), but this takes 10 minutes per spell level (but does not destroy the spell).2) May read the spell from their spellbook as if it were a Scroll (losing the spell from their spellbook as if it were a real scroll).What this means is say that the intrepid adventurers are wandering through Dungeon X and come upon a Door that neither  the Rogue nor the Fighter can open. Hmm...they really need a Knock spell which the Wizard does not have memorized. If the party has the time, the Fighter can go on guard duty while the Wizard pulls out their spellbook and begins to perform the Knock spell ritual from scratch (taking 20 minutes).  If they are desperate and need to get through the door to save their lives, the Wizard can make the choice to "burn" the spell and read it as if it were a scroll.This adds a flexibility to the Wizard that they sorely need, nor does it unbalance the system.  If it becomes a problem that every encounter the Wizard decides to try and cast every spell by Ritual, that is easy to balance between the other players' impatience as well as through DM intervention of events (especially if you have nasty Wild Surge effects for interrupted spellcasting).Just a few ideas.</blockquote>

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