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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 3046894" data-attributes="member: 5834">reI'm on the same page with Monte on this one. In the next edition, I"m hoping they move to a spontaneous casting mechanic for all casters. Wizards in books do not memorize spells each day, they learn them and can cast them when needed. D&D needs to move closer to a literary version of a wizard IMO. The sorceror was one step, but the sorceror is to limited in its spell selection.  They should do the same thing for the cleric. The cleric should know prayers for handling a variety of situations and be able to use them when those situations arise.I'm hoping for the casting power of a sorceror and the unlimited spell selection of a wizard in the next edition for all casters. I did this in my own campaign and there were no problems. The limit of being able to cast one spell a round still limited the power of casters. The enemy casters could do exactly the same thing, that was also a check and balance on caster power. I've for a long time disliked the D&D magic system because it does not lend itself well to literary interpretation of adventures. Their method of spell memorization seems awkward and unbelievable (even in a fantasy reality). No books use this method of magic, not even D&Ds own novels show the D&D magic system at work. I'm really hoping D&D moves into the modern era with their magic system in future editions. It seems they are trying to move that way with many more spontaneous casters. The spontaneous casting system lends itself much better to literary adaptation and would take pressure off their writers to explain why the casters in their stories don't feel like the casters we play in the game.</blockquote>

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