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<blockquote data-quote="TYP" data-source="post: 8678310" data-attributes="member: 7036760">I also miss that, and should bring it back in my next proper campaign. I also think you can limit the number of spells a wizard has on hand without limiting the total known. I'm thinking of the spell books in Pillars of Eternity, and having players keep their spells in actual books, with a limit to the number of spells in a book, and needing more powerful and expensive books for higher level spells. So a wizard would have to choose which books to bring with them and which to keep in their library. Of course they can put them all in a bag of holding, but oof, if a monster gets their hands on it ... Maybe too much bookkeeping for some, but an idea. That wasn't my experience, but I started AD&amp;D in the early nineties with Dark Sun of all things, so my experience is not the norm. I agree about the prevalence of magical items, and another tweak that I think could balance that out is removing magical item stores and just having crafters. Especially with the ingredients for the magical items prominently featured in the list, it's an easy way to make the party work for and earn magical gear. I also remember a thing from Dragon years ago about how to balance magic items with low level parties, which was to give them charges. So your +1 longsword would be a regular sword until you activated it, then it would have that +1 enchantment for 10 rounds or whatever. I haven't run into that one yet, but when I do, I think some corpses will not be inclined to be cooperative as narratively necessary. Yes, to everything you said. It's why I think the cantrips cast at will is terrible. Just waiting to find players who agree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TYP, post: 8678310, member: 7036760"] I also miss that, and should bring it back in my next proper campaign. I also think you can limit the number of spells a wizard has on hand without limiting the total known. I'm thinking of the spell books in Pillars of Eternity, and having players keep their spells in actual books, with a limit to the number of spells in a book, and needing more powerful and expensive books for higher level spells. So a wizard would have to choose which books to bring with them and which to keep in their library. Of course they can put them all in a bag of holding, but oof, if a monster gets their hands on it ... Maybe too much bookkeeping for some, but an idea. That wasn't my experience, but I started AD&D in the early nineties with Dark Sun of all things, so my experience is not the norm. I agree about the prevalence of magical items, and another tweak that I think could balance that out is removing magical item stores and just having crafters. Especially with the ingredients for the magical items prominently featured in the list, it's an easy way to make the party work for and earn magical gear. I also remember a thing from Dragon years ago about how to balance magic items with low level parties, which was to give them charges. So your +1 longsword would be a regular sword until you activated it, then it would have that +1 enchantment for 10 rounds or whatever. I haven't run into that one yet, but when I do, I think some corpses will not be inclined to be cooperative as narratively necessary. Yes, to everything you said. It's why I think the cantrips cast at will is terrible. Just waiting to find players who agree. [/QUOTE]

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