Thoughts about silos

[Oldtimer]

I think its safe to say that the meaning and origin of "silo" will be about as important to understand as the meaning and origin of "Vancian."

I would hope so. With "Vancian" I can still relate to the works of Jack Vance, but silo is just a place where you store fodder with hasn't been dried first.

I fail to see how that applies to spells, unless prepared spells = dried fodder (aka hay) and spontaneous spells = green fodder (aka silage). Maybe silos are where you keep your un-prepared spells (ie at-will abilities)?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I would hope so. With "Vancian" I can still relate to the works of Jack Vance, but silo is just a place where you store fodder with hasn't been dried first.

I fail to see how that applies to spells, unless prepared spells = dried fodder (aka hay) and spontaneous spells = green fodder (aka silage). Maybe silos are where you keep your un-prepared spells (ie at-will abilities)?

Siloing is a disgusting corporatese-term for "separating stuff".

Hence the silos in this case would be the different slots you're allowed to memorize certain spell-types in.

 

[kerbarian]

I would hope so. With "Vancian" I can still relate to the works of Jack Vance, but silo is just a place where you store fodder with hasn't been dried first.

I fail to see how that applies to spells, unless prepared spells = dried fodder (aka hay) and spontaneous spells = green fodder (aka silage). Maybe silos are where you keep your un-prepared spells (ie at-will abilities)?

My interpretation of "silo" is that it's a place you can store things and keep them separate from other things, and you can have a bunch of silos next to each other. Silos also have the mnemonic of being vertical, which helps if you're thinking about things like this:

       Silo:  Offense               Defense                 Utility
Spell Level:
        9th   Meteor Swarm          Prismatic Sphere        Foresight
        8th   Horrid Wilting        Mind Blank              Discern Location
        7th   Mordenkainen's Sword  Spell Turning           Phase Door
        6th   Disintegrate          Repulsion               Permanent Image
        5th   Cone of Cold          Wall of Force           Major Creation
        4th   Wall of Fire          Stoneskin               Arcane Eye
        3rd   Fireball              Dispel Magic            Tongues
        2nd   Melf's Acid Arrow     Protection from Arrows  Knock
        1st   Magic Missile         Mage Armor              Tenser's Floating Disk