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<blockquote data-quote="hbarsquared" data-source="post: 6065555" data-attributes="member: 4550">Prefacing this post with the fact I like this wizard.First, I think it harkens enough back to Vancian spellcasting with this &quot;cleric-style&quot; mechanic.&nbsp; I wouldn't entirely consider it &quot;on-the-fly&quot; because of the sure restriction of the number of spells to memorize.&nbsp; If you're covering all levels, it's still only about two or three spells for one or two slots.&nbsp; It's cut pretty close, and nowhere near a 3.5 spontaneous caster.&nbsp; Like the example, most situations the wizard will run into with two slots will be to choose between AA, AB, or BB.&nbsp; I actually like this slight increase in versatility and strategy.Second, it seems like an incredibly easy house rule/module/variant: drop the 1+caster level prepared spells.&nbsp; It's strikethrough on literally one sentence of the rules, with replacement text of &quot;you prepare spells in your spell slots.&quot;&nbsp; No change in power level or balance.Making cantrips work with the Vancian crowd is a little more work, but in terms of the whole spellcasting mechanic I think this is the best compromise: as long as a sidebar with the one replacement sentence is included.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hbarsquared, post: 6065555, member: 4550"] Prefacing this post with the fact I like this wizard. First, I think it harkens enough back to Vancian spellcasting with this "cleric-style" mechanic. I wouldn't entirely consider it "on-the-fly" because of the sure restriction of the number of spells to memorize. If you're covering all levels, it's still only about two or three spells for one or two slots. It's cut pretty close, and nowhere near a 3.5 spontaneous caster. Like the example, most situations the wizard will run into with two slots will be to choose between AA, AB, or BB. I actually like this slight increase in versatility and strategy. Second, it seems like an incredibly easy house rule/module/variant: drop the 1+caster level prepared spells. It's strikethrough on literally one sentence of the rules, with replacement text of "you prepare spells in your spell slots." No change in power level or balance. Making cantrips work with the Vancian crowd is a little more work, but in terms of the whole spellcasting mechanic I think this is the best compromise: as long as a sidebar with the [b]one[/b] replacement sentence is included. [/QUOTE]

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