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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7612808" data-attributes="member: 996">Cool as that sounds, I'm not sure I see it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Your 5e wizard can dive behind cover and squeeze off magic missiles while prone, which you couldn't do in 1e (and, I'm just gonna stick with examples from the AD&amp;D I'm more familiar with, from here-on in), so there's that.&nbsp;If you want a true-to-life, medieval European wizard, in 5e, take the Charlatan Background!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; You'll be able to do a fair Paracelsus imitation.But, even if you want a true-to-legend medieval European wizard, look elsewhere than D&amp;D, Vancian is not going to cut it, not remotely.&nbsp; It's far too repeatable, dependable - and not nearly dangerous or limited enough. Also, to really go medieval on your campaign's hapless wizards, their stuff prettymuch has to fold when opposed by the divine.&nbsp; Less save:1/2, more quoting-scripture:negates.That said, if you want a classic-D&amp;D glass cannon of a wizard, sure, 5e does make it tempered glass in a big way.&nbsp; You could, without messing with 5e in any too-fundamental ways:&nbsp; return Concentration to all casting (not all durations, just the act of casting a spell), add back opportunity attacks vs casters in melee, and allow readied actions to interrupt spells.&nbsp; If that's not enough, you could give select spells a 'casting time,' even just simply finishing at the end of the round rather than on initiative, making them that much easier to interrupt (no Ready required, just hit the wizard on the round he's casting, before or after his turn, and force Concentration).That, alone, should make caster's lives a lot harder, in an old-school sorta way.&nbsp; For bit more pain, failing the concentration check when interrupted means loss of the slot, too, or even loss of the prepared spell (for wizards &amp;c who prep spells, that'd be pretty serious).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7612808, member: 996"] Cool as that sounds, I'm not sure I see it. ;) Your 5e wizard can dive behind cover and squeeze off magic missiles while prone, which you couldn't do in 1e (and, I'm just gonna stick with examples from the AD&D I'm more familiar with, from here-on in), so there's that. If you want a true-to-life, medieval European wizard, in 5e, take the Charlatan Background! ;) You'll be able to do a fair Paracelsus imitation. But, even if you want a true-to-legend medieval European wizard, look elsewhere than D&D, Vancian is not going to cut it, not remotely. It's far too repeatable, dependable - and not nearly dangerous or limited enough. Also, to really go medieval on your campaign's hapless wizards, their stuff prettymuch has to fold when opposed by the divine. Less save:1/2, more quoting-scripture:negates. That said, if you want a classic-D&D glass cannon of a wizard, sure, 5e does make it tempered glass in a big way. You could, without messing with 5e in any too-fundamental ways: return Concentration to all casting (not all durations, just the act of casting a spell), add back opportunity attacks vs casters in melee, and allow readied actions to interrupt spells. If that's not enough, you could give select spells a 'casting time,' even just simply finishing at the end of the round rather than on initiative, making them that much easier to interrupt (no Ready required, just hit the wizard on the round he's casting, before or after his turn, and force Concentration). That, alone, should make caster's lives a lot harder, in an old-school sorta way. For bit more pain, failing the concentration check when interrupted means loss of the slot, too, or even loss of the prepared spell (for wizards &c who prep spells, that'd be pretty serious). [/QUOTE]

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