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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_lurkeR" data-source="post: 1326822" data-attributes="member: 11092">Voted NOBeen with D&D since the beginning but still always thought the magic system was klunky. I know they've tried to make it more flexible of late, but it's still patches on a poor design.My preferred replacement would be a "mana point" based system.Briefly...1) You know all the spells in your spellbook.2) Each spell you cast has a cost, say for reference 1 mana point for what is now a 1st level spell, 2 for a second.3) You gain mana points to your pool as you advance levels, and recover mana points like hit points (perhaps faster 1 per hour, 2 per hour of rest etc.)It would allow for things like meta-magic feats much more fluidly. You could supercharge a spell by spending double the mana-points, or even design the spell so that it does 1d6 per mana point spent etc. You could also do things like take subdual damage on a point for point basis when you've burned through all your mana and still need to cast that last gasp spell. (ie you have 2 mp left and need to cast a 4 mp cost spell, use your last 2 mp and take 2 pt's of subdual damage to get it off.)Ok maybe that wasn't so brief, ( oh well I can houserule until they adopt the system in 4th ed.)</blockquote>