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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6176183" data-attributes="member: 1465">I would just call it "Vancian" but I've noticed that people are still calling Vancian the current default, where prepared spells and spell slots are two separate things, hence the decision to call it "true vancian" in this thread. We can also call it "old vancian" if "true" sounds offensive.That's all good, but the purpose of this thread is to figure out how to allow the vancian spellcasting mechanic of past editions as a player's option within a 5e game, where other players are anyway using spells with the default method. You know, just like there will be an option for those who don't like the default, to replace it with spell points or something else, and still play at the same table.The current default seems to me better than old vancian, therefore I think that, if a player wanted an old-vancian wizard or cleric, the DM should give something extra to compensate for the loss of flexibility. I want to think of an "extra" that is as simple as possible, thus I am currently thinking of 1 extra daily slot per spell level. Does that sound a balanced choice?</blockquote>