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<blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 4303347" data-attributes="member: 3929">I fell in love with Vancian magic when I read Rhialto the Marvellous.Then I found Mostin the Metagnostic in Sepulchrave's story hour and jumped in love with Vancian magic.Sepulchrave mentioned an electron valence theory of 3e spellcasting to validate the mechanics, and I thought it was so simple and elegant; it worked for me to make magic a part of the real physical world of the setting.Now it's gone, and instead wizards have their choice of At-will cold or fire flavored Ha-do-kens.And 4e changed distance from feet to squares. That just sticks in my craw. Don't know why; it's not reason that drives it, it just does.And 4e alignment. It feels like they didn't want to have alignment, but were afraid to do away with it entirely, so they give us this amputated 3.x alignment. Pfaugh. Stick to your convictions next time and put this poor beast out of its misery. I'll keep playing my CN characters over here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felix, post: 4303347, member: 3929"] I fell in love with Vancian magic when I read Rhialto the Marvellous. Then I found Mostin the Metagnostic in Sepulchrave's story hour and jumped in love with Vancian magic. Sepulchrave mentioned an electron valence theory of 3e spellcasting to validate the mechanics, and I thought it was so simple and elegant; it worked for me to make magic a part of the real physical world of the setting. Now it's gone, and instead wizards have their choice of At-will cold or fire flavored Ha-do-kens. And 4e changed distance from feet to squares. That just sticks in my craw. Don't know why; it's not reason that drives it, it just does. And 4e alignment. It feels like they didn't want to have alignment, but were afraid to do away with it entirely, so they give us this amputated 3.x alignment. Pfaugh. Stick to your convictions next time and put this poor beast out of its misery. I'll keep playing my CN characters over here. [/QUOTE]

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