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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 3133265" data-attributes="member: 78">I've played a druid who could blast all day by using a few spells.  While Call Lightning isn't totally unlimited like the reserve feat, one cast can pretty much last an entire battle if you don't mind zapping people for crap damage the whole time.  Add in produce flame and summoned animals and the character can go a long way without resting.Of course, that strategy ended up getting tossed fairly quickly.  It's an excellent way to manage the number of spells used each day.  It's a rather poor way to manage precious combat actions.  And then there's the theory of constraints.  Spending per day resources at the slowest rate in the group isn't all that great, since the group will usually stop once certain resources are low even if other characters are full.Not really.  The DnD style resource management fire and forget magic is only present in a few of the Dying Earth stories.  And of course, the actual implementation is radically different - a high level DnD wizard will have ~30+ spells of varying magnitude prep'd at once, while a Dying Earth (part 1) caster will have 4 or 5, usually of extreme magnitude.  Of course, it's apparently possible for a normal person to prepare and attempt to cast these spells as well - it's just rather risky AND requires that they somehow access the wizard's stuff.  DnD magic has little in common with the other forms of magic in the series or other works of Vance; some other characters certainly seem to be able to produce seemingly unlimited minor effects.Rings of Sustenance.  Bags of Holding.  There's already plenty of ways to get around mundane logistical challenges, and these methods aren't exactly anything new to the game.  Also, I personally am not so fond of buying and tracking the food, water, and other equipment and supplies for an expedition.</blockquote>

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