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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 5968211" data-attributes="member: 6677017">With, all the talk in the D&D Next forum about how to deal with imbalances in Vancian wizards, I started thinking about ideas to fix it. Then, I started thinking about how I play wizards, compared to how other people play wizards. Then I realized that might be a fun topic in and of itself.So this thread isn't about how to fix Vancian casters (if you feel they need it), but rather a thread for people to discuss their personal play experiences with wizards (or other Vancian casters), with emphasis on how the Vancian casting affects the overall experience.I'll start. I almost always play a Vancian caster of some sort. I almost always conserve resources like I'm going to have a dozen encounters in the day. I actually enjoy conserving my resources in that manner. I'm an endurance player in general--both out of character and in character. I love marathon all night play sessions, and I love marathon all day in-character adventure sessions.For me, I kind of get a kick out of being able to retain resources even if others don't. If I'm a cleric, you had better really need healing or you'll have to wait until later--I prepared the spells I did for a reason. If I'm a wizard, I'm not going to waste my best spells on encounters that we are doing well in. It's only when the expenditure of the spells will prevent a net greater loss of resources elsewhere (such as hit points), or when it's necessary to prevent other calamity, or solve other problems, that I will use the big guns. Perhaps there is a connection with my out of character game-endurance? If I had less patience, I may be prone to use up the real encounter enders on fights that don't need them, simply to get them over with.I don't think I'm a complete miser here. But I like to have an ace or two up my sleeve at all times, other than perhaps in the boss fights, or when I have to use that ace.Part of my style is based on my personal enjoyment of endurance "sports" whether physical or role-playing, and part of it is based on my initial introduction to D&D through the AD&D "Gold Box" computer games--where you often had to plow through multiple challenging encounters (often with dozens of opponents) before you had a safe place to rest.How would other people analyze their own styles? What factors contribute to it? Initial play experience, initial version, fellow player encouragement or cricism?</blockquote>

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