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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 7926545" data-attributes="member: 59057">Yeah. 3e was too lenient in letting people heal up to full. In ADnD, it took 10 min per spell level to prepare a spell. So it was not done with just sleeping to get well again. A medium high level caster needed to spend a day or two and so and suddenly pressing on was an option. The main problem in 3e was removing all restrictions for spellcasters while retaining all special features.5e at least does a better job at balancing the scales. The number of spells and power of each one are much more balanced. As a spellcaster you start with a few spells and cantrips for baseline power and you don't end with a plethora of ultimate spells. Also damage per spelllevel is fixed and does not grow automatically. Could it be balanced even more? Of course. Repeating fireball after fireball and still having utility seems a bit too much. A lot more spellslot recovery could have been relegated to short rests and rituals. (lower spells per day. Every class gets a few spells back each short rest). Like that (just made it up) Level 1: 2 per dayLevel 2: 1 spell per day, 1 per short restLevel 3: 2 level 2 spells per day on top. And then probably another level 1 spell from daily use to per short rest. Or maybe just leave it as is, since short rests become more common at level 3 and you can just cast mage armor after sleep and just short rest thereafter. Level 4: 1 of the level 2 spells from daily use to per short rest. basically when you would get a third use of daily spells, 2 degrade/upgrade to 1 short rest use. What I found out was adjusting rest rules to your group helps a lot in pacing.</blockquote>

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