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<blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 5753037" data-attributes="member: 17969">Wandering monsters add verisimilitude in the wilderness, and in enemy bases--and basically nowhere else.&nbsp; The only other place they fit is ecosystem-style megadungeons, which themselves lack verisimilitude.In older editions, wandering monsters actually killed the verisimilitude in some adventures, popping up in stately manor houses, sealed tombs, and so forth.I think late 3e and 4e demonstrate that spells work well as at-will or per-encounter abilites.&nbsp; Similarly, it's not to hard to rework other per-day character abilities so that they have a different means of refreshing.The only thing that doesn't really work apart from a longer recharge time is healing.&nbsp; A wizard getting his spells back by studying his spellbook for a few minutes makes sense.&nbsp; A wizard getting his hp back by lying down for a bit doesn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arscott, post: 5753037, member: 17969"] Wandering monsters add verisimilitude in the wilderness, and in enemy bases--and basically nowhere else. The only other place they fit is ecosystem-style megadungeons, which themselves lack verisimilitude. In older editions, wandering monsters actually killed the verisimilitude in some adventures, popping up in stately manor houses, sealed tombs, and so forth. I think late 3e and 4e demonstrate that spells work well as at-will or per-encounter abilites. Similarly, it's not to hard to rework other per-day character abilities so that they have a different means of refreshing. The only thing that doesn't really work apart from a longer recharge time is healing. A wizard getting his spells back by studying his spellbook for a few minutes makes sense. A wizard getting his hp back by lying down for a bit doesn't. [/QUOTE]

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