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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6281507" data-attributes="member: 58197">Under the 5E quasi-Vancian regime, the same stimulus is much more likely to get the same response. A 5E wizard whose only non-fire combat spell is magic missile, faced with multiple combats against fire-immune foes, is going to use magic missile over and over, where a fully-Vancian wizard would soon run out of magic missiles and have to scrounge for ways of using those seemingly-useless fire spells.On the other hand, a 5E mage has a narrower array of prepared spells, and is therefore less likely to have The Perfect Spell for a given situation. A fully-Vancian wizard might prepare one fireball and one lightning bolt, whereas the quasi-Vancian one is likely to prepare fireball alone. Facing a group of fire-immunes, the quasi-Vancian wizard has to improvise a bit, where the fully-Vancian one can just bust out the amber rod and the scrap of fur.And on a third hand, while the 5E mage is less likely to prepare a variety of similar spells, s/he is more likely to prepare oddball utility spells that might or might not see use. As the Jester points out below, feather fall is actually worthwhile to prepare at levels where your 1st-level slots still have significant value.It's a tradeoff. Generally, though, I'd say if you want more interesting behavior from the wizard, you need to throw a variety of encounters at him/her. Even a fully-Vancian wizard will soon settle into predictable patterns if you don't change things up.</blockquote>

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