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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 6572152" data-attributes="member: 9789">Points.  I'll never go back.To be fair, if you were able to browse my post history from years ago you'd see I've been trying to make spell points work forever.  They didn't work in 3.5 because spells went up in power too quickly.  But 5.0 does it right, and points work very well.They're only more complex if you've already figured out how slots work.  Slots aren't intuitive whatsoever, but points are - so I'd be interested in hearing how anyone who isn't used to slots did with it.  I'd suspect they'd be fine.It's funny that people think level 1 spells getting abused is the worst thing about them.  No one is going to cast level 1 spells in combat all day long.  And people worry that you'd nova and then hope to rest.  But generally I don't see that, either.  When you know all your points power all your spells, you tend to play more conservatively, because you don't know how much you'll REALLY need later.  With slots, you know that you have a certain power level available all the time; with points you know you could overextend easily.  I think it all works out.It definitely allows for more powerful spells to go more often, and that's fine with me, because it makes magic just that much more interesting.  It's also INCREDIBLY more freeing to not be tied to slots.Anyway I'm obviously biased but points all the way for me.</blockquote>