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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 3669238" data-attributes="member: 11300">Hi AsmorKind of the other end of the spectrum but I think this might help you.Playing a high level caster who prepares spells can be a real pain. My paper solution (using excel initially and then adobe illustrator a couple of years ago) was to have a series of boxes for each spell level. You would then write in the spell for each box and tick it when you cast the spell. Now when you have nine levels of spells, you can imagine having over 70 slots to prepare can be a mighty chore.As such I made up several templates depending upon what my caster was expecting:- Heavy Duty Dungeon Combat- Heavy Duty Open Air Combat- Generic All Purpose- Travel Focused- Research- Social Encounter FocusedThese had all the slots filled out in advance. With multiple copies of each template printed out, I could make several changes to a copy in "preparation time" to suit an expected series of encounters (eg. we're hunting black dragon today so acid fog is off the menu).However, sometimes you would need to prepare for a really weird day. In this case I made a "permanent" template which had maybe 12 spells chosen automatically. For example, when you get to high levels, Mind Blank, Moment of Prescience, Quickened Teleport/Gate become staples along with a few others (Phantom Steed is so under-rated). And so, I just put these automatic spells and left the rest blank.In conjunction with spell cards that I made up for every spell that he knew, I found that even with several summonings/gatings to control (replete with fully statted monster cards) and a regular casting of two spells each round, I was not taking up too much time (which at high levels is all too easy to do). I would recommend this to any player caster who feels everyone falls asleep during their turn (and they do, don't deny it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).As for your situation Asmor, it sounds more like a good dose of spell cards will fix you up. Seeing as you only have a 2nd level character and are just finding your groove, you just pick your spell cards for the day and leave the rest underneath your chair or out of the way. If you want to go a multiple number of the same spell, just have check boxes at the bottom of the card that you circle to select the number of at the start of the day, and then place a tick in when you cast them.You can try making spell cards in word (4 spells to an A4/Letter page), or if you have the software, I've found that illustrator using a couple of generic layers (and the srd in rtf form for copying and pasting) is really good. Trust me when I say that the situation is only going to get worse (much worse in fact) at higher levels.Hope this helps. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Best RegardsHerremann the Wise</blockquote>

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