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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9811207" data-attributes="member: 6894926">Plus+ thread, because I'd rather not have to justify/defend why I'd want to bring back old prepared Vancian casting.Rather than remove the current spell slot method, I'd rather create an incentivized option for the old prepared spell-Vancian casting. Incentivizing likely means enhanced power, but at the cost of the 5e method's flexibility. A few ideas on how to go about this:1. More spell slots per day: OK this is my least favorite way of doing it, it's how I saw <a href="https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/-vIaPzJmOkVs" target="_blank">some other folk homebrew it.</a> 2. Level-based Auto-upcast spells: The idea of this one appeals the most. Spells used to upcast, so why not bring that back? The issue with this one, I think, is whether or not it'd be too overpowered for all spells to be upcast to, say, your max spell level.3. Roll-to-Cast: Finally, what if memorizing spells this way made them roll-to-cast, in the vein of Shadowdark and DCC? Two ways that this could work, A. Roll-to-Cast including the failure potential, but now we're adding a new detriment and this system is supposed to be incentivized to be used, or B. you always successfully cast, but you're rolling to see if you keep the spell. So you could potentially get multiple casts out of one prepared spell, but preparing it multiple times would mean greater guarantee on being able to use that spell consistently. Thoughts?</blockquote>

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