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<blockquote data-quote="tjoneslo" data-source="post: 1927371" data-attributes="member: 4909">I symathize with &quot;adanacyr&quot;. I am also a long time DM who has trouble keeping track of the 2000+ spells that inhabit the D&amp;D worlds. I've tried everything: Making smaller lists of spells, designing my own spells, none of it seems to work. If the D&amp;D magic system, with it's huge list of spells and inconsistnt list of spell effects is &quot;overly simple&quot;, I'd hate to see what a complex spell system is like. I've looked through the D20 Modern and D&amp;D psionic systems. They are slightly better if only because they have fewer effects required to memorise. My one suggestion is to make up your own spell lists for mages to cast. Make the list very small, say 5 spells per level. That's still 50 spells but should be more manageable than the full list. I'll bet if you ask on the general board what spells to use you'll get a good limited selection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tjoneslo, post: 1927371, member: 4909"] I symathize with "adanacyr". I am also a long time DM who has trouble keeping track of the 2000+ spells that inhabit the D&D worlds. I've tried everything: Making smaller lists of spells, designing my own spells, none of it seems to work. If the D&D magic system, with it's huge list of spells and inconsistnt list of spell effects is "overly simple", I'd hate to see what a complex spell system is like. I've looked through the D20 Modern and D&D psionic systems. They are slightly better if only because they have fewer effects required to memorise. My one suggestion is to make up your own spell lists for mages to cast. Make the list very small, say 5 spells per level. That's still 50 spells but should be more manageable than the full list. I'll bet if you ask on the general board what spells to use you'll get a good limited selection. [/QUOTE]

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