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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6233544" data-attributes="member: 58197">The new wizard mechanic is certainly different from the traditional one, but it does retain much of the &quot;feel&quot; of the original, mostly due to the tight limits on a) number of spells prepared and b) number of spell slots. As a wizard, I have to make hard choices each day about what spells to prepare, and each battle I have to make hard choices about how many spells to cast and of what level.At least that's my take on it. But then, I was never a big fan of Vancian casting. I can well imagine that others with more fondness for the original system might feel the differences more keenly.In this instance, at least, it seems pretty straightforward: By including different versions of the mechanic. They're already planning to provide an optional spell point system for wizards. I see no reason why they wouldn't also include a &quot;traditional Vancian&quot; system. They would have to give traditional Vancian wizards some kind of benefit to balance them against neo-Vancian, but there are lots of ways they could do that; for example, allow them to scribe a handful of scrolls each time they level up or have downtime.The challenge is what to do when there isn't such an easy out, and the obvious example of that is hit points. No need to rehash all the arguments about hit points, but they are the major bone of contention I've seen between AD&amp;D, 3E, and 4E fans. I doubt anyone is going to be entirely happy with hit points in 5E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 6233544, member: 58197"] The new wizard mechanic is certainly different from the traditional one, but it does retain much of the "feel" of the original, mostly due to the tight limits on a) number of spells prepared and b) number of spell slots. As a wizard, I have to make hard choices each day about what spells to prepare, and each battle I have to make hard choices about how many spells to cast and of what level. At least that's my take on it. But then, I was never a big fan of Vancian casting. I can well imagine that others with more fondness for the original system might feel the differences more keenly. In this instance, at least, it seems pretty straightforward: By including different versions of the mechanic. They're already planning to provide an optional spell point system for wizards. I see no reason why they wouldn't also include a "traditional Vancian" system. They would have to give traditional Vancian wizards some kind of benefit to balance them against neo-Vancian, but there are lots of ways they could do that; for example, allow them to scribe a handful of scrolls each time they level up or have downtime. The challenge is what to do when there isn't such an easy out, and the obvious example of that is hit points. No need to rehash all the arguments about hit points, but they are the major bone of contention I've seen between AD&D, 3E, and 4E fans. I doubt anyone is going to be entirely happy with hit points in 5E. [/QUOTE]

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