[Peeve]There is no memorization!

[Quinn]

Finally, the term is meaningless to new players. If you never learned assuming that the act of preparing a spell is memorization, then you aren't going to understand what it means when some author carelessly invokes this term.

It also makes zero sense to me that I would collect $200 just for passing GO, or I go to jail if I roll doubles three times in a row in Monopoly, but there ya have it.

 

[MerricB]

Psion, nice catch. I quite agree with you.

Errggghh... there are a few odd mistakes creeping through. I got annoyed at the Iron Cobra (in FF) which has a +1 size bonus to AC despite being medium-size.

Cheers!

 

[Mark]

Testify, Brother! But you need some catchy slogans to drive it home for everyone. That's the ticket!

Make Prep not Mem!

I'm a Prepper. You're a Prepper. He's a Prepper. She's a Prepper. Wouldn't you like to be a Prepper, too?

Preparation. It's not your father's fire-and-forget spell system!

It's a real thing. Prep is. It's the way it should be. Preparation. What the world wants to see. Preparation. It's the real thing.

Take two spells and Prepare them in the morning.

She's Preps it. Forget's it not. She Prep's it. Forget's it not. She's Preps it. Forget's it not. She Prep's it. Forget's it not. She's Preps it. Forget's it not. She Prep's it. Forget's it not. She's Preps it. Forget's it not. She Prep's it. Forget's it not. She's Preps it. Forget's it not. She Prep's it. Forget's it not.

 

[MerricB]

Mark, how much coffee have you had today?

Cheers!

 

[Mark]

Mark, how much coffee have you had today?

Cheers!

I think we can all thank the gods that I do not drink coffee...

 

[MerricB]

Oh, Wotan, Zeus and Ra, thank you for not letting Mark drink coffee!



(Neither do I, by the way...)

Cheers!

 

[Deadguy]

One nice little consequence of the change to the 'preparation' approach is that, if the wizard has slots left open and his spell book available, he can manage a sort of slow spontaneous magic, taking 15 minutes or 'cast' a spell.

How? Well, so long as he has a slot available to take it, a Wizard can prepare a spell into that slot at any point during the day (that's just the PHB's standard rules). Then of course he can also cast it immediately. So, as far as onlookers are concerned, the wizard goes "hang on, I can cast that spell, but it's going to take me a little while."!

It's no good for combat magic, true, but for all sorts of utility stuff, waiting 15 mins or so is fine. And that's something that wasn't available with the old 'memorization' model. Realising the impact of this model, I know tend to suggest that, wandering town, or at home, Wizards often leave most of their slots open in the mornings. When they need a spell, then they'll prepare it. Now you know why, when you employ the services of a Wizard to cast a spell for you, that he always seems to have the right spell available!

No, Psion, you are not alone in this matter. Go on, folks, learn the rules that are written, not what you imagine they have written!

 

[Gargoyle]

I catch myself saying "enchanted weapons", rather than "magically enhanced weapons". Old habits, they are hard to break.

 

[CRGreathouse]

If my players ever say they memorize spells (they seldom do), I gently remind them that they don't have a feat to select at the moment (if their character is a wizard) or that they don't quality for Spell Mastery (otherwise).

 

[jgbrowning]

If my players ever say they memorize spells (they seldom do), I gently remind them that they don't have a feat to select at the moment (if their character is a wizard) or that they don't quality for Spell Mastery (otherwise).

I'm still in the gently reminding stage with some of my players as well. Poor young'en keep calling HP "health".



joe b.