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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5988692" data-attributes="member: 996">Sounds like a simple matter of taking the 'worst' of the wizard at each edition.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />   So:1) spells/day comparable to the Dying Earth.  1 for inexperienced apprentices, going up to 4 or so for higher level ones, and 6-10 for the greatest wizards of all time.  No 'at-wills' or 'rituals.'  2) Spellcasting in melee basically impossible; interruption with ranged attacks pretty easy; out-of-combat spells limited by expense, profoundly rare materials that must be quested for, and difficult-to-meet "stars are right" sort of requirements; really powerful spells represent a danger to the caster and his allies and could 'ping' their location for dreadfully powerful magically-aware enemies.3) Spells carefully designed and clearly written, using well-defined jargon and standard phrasing to keep them from being mis-interpreted or used 'off label,' and facilitate prompt errata to any that prove problematic.</blockquote>