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<blockquote data-quote="Siamang" data-source="post: 1551166" data-attributes="member: 19189">D&amp;D magic is completely different from the Dying Earth flavour, if not the explicit system (or one of them; it varied between story cycles). &quot;Vancian&quot; magic derives from the original short stories, where even archwizards only got about 4 spells a day and risked death actually casting most of them - though in a kind of D&amp;D way since the risk wasn't inherent in the spells but a consequence of the fact that they tended to work by summoning demons. In the later The Eyes of the Overworld a rogue steals some magical tomes and starts casting almost immediately, unfortunately for him. &nbsp;I agree that D&amp;D models no literary magic whatsoever; I would extend the statement to fantasy in general (not that that's a bad thing, that makes it just as original as the best literature). If you're looking for Howard-style magic, there's always the Conan rulebook itself, which I believe has a good reputation among the fanbase.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Siamang, post: 1551166, member: 19189"] D&D magic is completely different from the [I]Dying Earth[/I] flavour, if not the explicit system (or one of them; it varied between story cycles). "Vancian" magic derives from the original short stories, where even archwizards only got about 4 spells a day and risked death actually casting most of them - though in a kind of D&D way since the risk wasn't inherent in the spells but a consequence of the fact that they tended to work by summoning demons. In the later [I]The Eyes of the Overworld[/I] a rogue steals some magical tomes and starts casting almost immediately, unfortunately for him. I agree that D&D models no literary magic whatsoever; I would extend the statement to fantasy in general (not that that's a bad thing, that makes it just as original as the best literature). If you're looking for Howard-style magic, there's always the Conan rulebook itself, which I believe has a good reputation among the fanbase. [/QUOTE]

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