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<blockquote data-quote="Set" data-source="post: 4551691" data-attributes="member: 41584">My pet notion for the 3.0 divine casters (both Cleric and Druid) is that they should have the option of using either a Spontaneous casting mechanic (small fixed spells known list, flexibly cast) *or* a Prepared casting mechanic (potentially limitless list, but some sort of 'prayer book' or 'ogham runes' involved to limit spells known to the same aquisition mechanic used by the Wizard class).&nbsp; Some Clerics / Druids would learn new spells via ogham inscriptions or sacred texts, and add them to their 'spells known' that way, and prepare them like a wizard.&nbsp; Others would just be divinely inspired with a small Sorcerer-like list of spells known and cast them like a Sorcerer, spontaneously.&nbsp;(I'd also allow Bards, Paladins and Rangers this option.&nbsp; Some Bards study scraps of lore they pillage and come across, or have been trained in by daddy's high-priced tutors in their aristocratic youth, maintain loose sheafs of arcane lore that they pore over in the morning.&nbsp; Some Paladins don't pick spells in the morning, but simply have been divinely inspired with certain spells known, and can cast them flexibly.)&nbsp;This would, IMO, go a long way to cutting back the 'my Cleric knows *all* spells' nonsense, and the 'problem' with every supplement increasing the power of *all* Clerics and Druids, instead of giving them new options and maybe some difficult choices to make, as new Sorcerer and Wizard spells do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Set, post: 4551691, member: 41584"] My pet notion for the 3.0 divine casters (both Cleric and Druid) is that they should have the option of using either a Spontaneous casting mechanic (small fixed spells known list, flexibly cast) *or* a Prepared casting mechanic (potentially limitless list, but some sort of 'prayer book' or 'ogham runes' involved to limit spells known to the same aquisition mechanic used by the Wizard class). Some Clerics / Druids would learn new spells via ogham inscriptions or sacred texts, and add them to their 'spells known' that way, and prepare them like a wizard. Others would just be divinely inspired with a small Sorcerer-like list of spells known and cast them like a Sorcerer, spontaneously. (I'd also allow Bards, Paladins and Rangers this option. Some Bards study scraps of lore they pillage and come across, or have been trained in by daddy's high-priced tutors in their aristocratic youth, maintain loose sheafs of arcane lore that they pore over in the morning. Some Paladins don't pick spells in the morning, but simply have been divinely inspired with certain spells known, and can cast them flexibly.) This would, IMO, go a long way to cutting back the 'my Cleric knows *all* spells' nonsense, and the 'problem' with every supplement increasing the power of *all* Clerics and Druids, instead of giving them new options and maybe some difficult choices to make, as new Sorcerer and Wizard spells do. [/QUOTE]

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