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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 9058034" data-attributes="member: 6988941">So to my mind the problem with 5e spellcasting abilities, from an accessibility standpoint, is that they subtly work differently for each class, but get described in a mostly boilerplate several paragraphs of text, such that someone reading the entries for multiple classes for the first time (like someone trying to choose the class for their first character) just skips the descriptions of &quot;Spellcasting&quot; after the first such entry. My first 5e group got 4 levels in before we realized the Warlock could get spells back on a short rest, because even though that is the core mechanic of the class it is not really presented as such.Torturing &quot;prepared&quot; spells as a concept so thoroughly that it can now encompass the spellcasting method formerly known as &quot;memorized&quot; spells just makes the issue worse.Note that the issue is entirely one of presentation. They simply need a &quot;bullet points of how X class's spellcasting is different from that of others&quot;, approach to presenting spellcasting, rather than the &quot;long reptitious discussion for clever eyes to spot the minor variations in&quot; approach they seem married to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 9058034, member: 6988941"] So to my mind the problem with 5e spellcasting abilities, from an accessibility standpoint, is that they subtly work differently for each class, but get described in a mostly boilerplate several paragraphs of text, such that someone reading the entries for multiple classes for the first time (like someone trying to choose the class for their first character) just skips the descriptions of "Spellcasting" after the first such entry. My first 5e group got 4 levels in before we realized the Warlock could get spells back on a short rest, because even though that is the core mechanic of the class it is not really presented as such. Torturing "prepared" spells as a concept so thoroughly that it can now encompass the spellcasting method formerly known as "memorized" spells just makes the issue worse. Note that the issue is entirely one of presentation. They simply need a "bullet points of how X class's spellcasting is different from that of others", approach to presenting spellcasting, rather than the "long reptitious discussion for clever eyes to spot the minor variations in" approach they seem married to. [/QUOTE]

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