Simplifying spellcasters

[Varianor Abroad]

Absolutely true.

The wizard in the last D&D game I was in had three pre-set lists. His Dungeon list, his Travel list, and his City list. They all had a couple open slots.

I decided to go a step further and import AE-style readied spells to D&D 3.5. The wizard gets readied spells equal to 1.5 his slots. He can ready any spell found in his spellbook.

 

[jmucchiello]

I decided to go a step further and import AE-style readied spells to D&D 3.5. The wizard gets readied spells equal to 1.5 his slots. He can ready any spell found in his spellbook.

1.5 times his slots counting bonus spells for high Int or not? Either way, that's a cool hack. Yoink.

 

[Umbran]

Your thoughts?

My thought is that if you want arcane casters to cast spontaneously, make 'em all be sorcerers and be done with it. I don't think introducing special cases is making things much simpler.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

My thought is that if you want arcane casters to cast spontaneously, make 'em all be sorcerers and be done with it. I don't think introducing special cases is making things much simpler.

Heh, that's the one all right.

The Auld Grump

 

[dagger]

Absolutely true.

The wizard in the last D&D game I was in had three pre-set lists. His Dungeon list, his Travel list, and his City list. They all had a couple open slots.

I decided to go a step further and import AE-style readied spells to D&D 3.5. The wizard gets readied spells equal to 1.5 his slots. He can ready any spell found in his spellbook.

Any reason you just didnt use the Magisters readied spell chart?

 

[Chimera]

Why not just have a sample "prepared spells" list and change out a spell or two as needed? My group of 9th lvl PCs has three primary spellcasters (wizard + 2 druids) and one multiclassed caster (cleric/paladin), and we never waste a second on people preparing spells, because they all have a standard prepared list that they modify when needed. Some of them keep a couple of different lists ("adventuring", "city", etc.).

Same deal here. I keep three standard spell lists for any spellcaster I play. "Town", "Traveling", and "Combat Intense". If the situation calls for it, I can easily swap out a spell or two on any one of those lists.

Admittedly, I don't have a lot of patience for people who want to play spellcasters, then want to WASTE EVERYONE'S TIME by soaking up large chunks of our precious game time with their slow and ponderous selection of spells. That's just rude.