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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 9536410" data-attributes="member: 71699">We will have to agree to disagree: the burden lies on those who believe it can be done to show how.That helps me see what you were getting at. Allowing characters to adjust their spells was in 3rd editionUpon reaching 4th level, and at every even-numbered sorcerer level after that (6th, 8th, and so on), a sorcerer can choose to learn a new spell in place of one he already knowsAnd we've seen it spread to other classes and become more permissive since then. I believe it was motivated by a desire to let classes remove lower level spells that became redundant at higher level. Especially for those with fewer known in the first place, like sorcerer. But then, players liked the flexibility to tweak their characters to suit their experienced and expected play so designers expanded on it.I think it has little to do with spell duplication, although I agree those are benefits emerge from it. Here too, let's agree to disagree: we are both speculating unless better testimony can be found.</blockquote>