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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9105207" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>Let's ask about Vancian another way and see if you can see people that would be enticed to still use the mechanic.</p><p></p><p>Let's say they added a new feature to the wizard class that any wizard could use: VANCIAN PREPARATION.</p><p></p><p>During a long rest you may elect to prepare spells using the Vancian method. If you make this election, you will select the specific spells you wish to cast during the time before your next long rest at the time you make the election, but you'll gain additional spell slots to use to cast spells. This means you can cast more spells, but at the cost of being less versatile.</p><p></p><p>When using this election you will determine how many spell slots of each level you would have based only upon your wizard levels. If you are not multiclass, this will be all of your spell slots. If you are multiclass, this will likely be all of your lower level spells slots, but perhaps not all of your higher level spell slots.</p><p></p><p>For each level of spell that you have spell slots for based upon your wizard levels, you will effectively increase the number of slots by 50% (rounded up). You will do this by extending these spell slots immediately to gain the additional spell slots that are immediately tied to the spell that will be cast using that slot. </p><p></p><p>You must now select the spells you will cast with those spell slots before your next rest. You may select any spell in your spellbook (of the appropriate level) as well as any spells you know or have prepared. These may come from another class based upon multiclassing, feats or other mechanics. </p><p></p><p>If you want to cast a spell multiple times, you will need to prepare it in multiple Vancian slots. </p><p></p><p>You will still prepare spells as normal, but if you are not multiclass you will not have spells to access those prepared slots unless you use arcane recover, a Pearl of Power, or other options. If you are multiclass, you'll also access them using your remaining 'non-Vancian' higher level spell slots.</p><p></p><p>Example: Bob is a cleric 5/wizard 5. A 5th level wizard gets 4 first level spells, 3 2nd level spells, and 2 3rd level spells. A 10th level full spellcaster gets 4 1st level spells, 3 2nd, through 4th level spells, and 2 5th level spells. If Bob makes this election, Bob will immediately treat the 4 first, 3 2nd and 2 of the 3rd level slots as if they had already been cast. This will leave him with a 3rd, 3 4th and 2 5th level slots that he can use normally. However, it will also give him 6 1st level Vancian slots, 5 2nd level Vancian slots, and 3 3rd level Vancian slots. Bob will select what spells will be prepared in each of these slots - selecting from his spellbook, the clericic spell list, and the domain spells of his cleric domain (as well as any spells accessed via feats or other methods). Then he can select from his normally prepared Wizard spells to use that remaining 3rd, 3 4th and 2 5th level slots. Bob elects to prepare Healing Word in 1 st level Vancian slot. Later, during his adventuring, he uses that spell to heal his ally. During the following round, he wants to heal that ally again, but has not more Vancian prepared slots. If he prepared Holy word as normal using his cleric spell preparation, we could use the 3rd, 4th or 5th level 'non-Vancian' slots to cast it. If he did not prepare it or does not have those slots available, he would not be able to cast it.</p><p></p><p>If that option existed, a decent number of players would find it convoluted and frustrating - which I'd argue is fine for an optional feature. However, I believe there would be a decent contingenct of players that would see it as an interesting (and perhaps nostalgic) exercise worth utilizing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 9105207, member: 2629"] Let's ask about Vancian another way and see if you can see people that would be enticed to still use the mechanic. Let's say they added a new feature to the wizard class that any wizard could use: VANCIAN PREPARATION. During a long rest you may elect to prepare spells using the Vancian method. If you make this election, you will select the specific spells you wish to cast during the time before your next long rest at the time you make the election, but you'll gain additional spell slots to use to cast spells. This means you can cast more spells, but at the cost of being less versatile. When using this election you will determine how many spell slots of each level you would have based only upon your wizard levels. If you are not multiclass, this will be all of your spell slots. If you are multiclass, this will likely be all of your lower level spells slots, but perhaps not all of your higher level spell slots. For each level of spell that you have spell slots for based upon your wizard levels, you will effectively increase the number of slots by 50% (rounded up). You will do this by extending these spell slots immediately to gain the additional spell slots that are immediately tied to the spell that will be cast using that slot. You must now select the spells you will cast with those spell slots before your next rest. You may select any spell in your spellbook (of the appropriate level) as well as any spells you know or have prepared. These may come from another class based upon multiclassing, feats or other mechanics. If you want to cast a spell multiple times, you will need to prepare it in multiple Vancian slots. You will still prepare spells as normal, but if you are not multiclass you will not have spells to access those prepared slots unless you use arcane recover, a Pearl of Power, or other options. If you are multiclass, you'll also access them using your remaining 'non-Vancian' higher level spell slots. Example: Bob is a cleric 5/wizard 5. A 5th level wizard gets 4 first level spells, 3 2nd level spells, and 2 3rd level spells. A 10th level full spellcaster gets 4 1st level spells, 3 2nd, through 4th level spells, and 2 5th level spells. If Bob makes this election, Bob will immediately treat the 4 first, 3 2nd and 2 of the 3rd level slots as if they had already been cast. This will leave him with a 3rd, 3 4th and 2 5th level slots that he can use normally. However, it will also give him 6 1st level Vancian slots, 5 2nd level Vancian slots, and 3 3rd level Vancian slots. Bob will select what spells will be prepared in each of these slots - selecting from his spellbook, the clericic spell list, and the domain spells of his cleric domain (as well as any spells accessed via feats or other methods). Then he can select from his normally prepared Wizard spells to use that remaining 3rd, 3 4th and 2 5th level slots. Bob elects to prepare Healing Word in 1 st level Vancian slot. Later, during his adventuring, he uses that spell to heal his ally. During the following round, he wants to heal that ally again, but has not more Vancian prepared slots. If he prepared Holy word as normal using his cleric spell preparation, we could use the 3rd, 4th or 5th level 'non-Vancian' slots to cast it. If he did not prepare it or does not have those slots available, he would not be able to cast it. If that option existed, a decent number of players would find it convoluted and frustrating - which I'd argue is fine for an optional feature. However, I believe there would be a decent contingenct of players that would see it as an interesting (and perhaps nostalgic) exercise worth utilizing. [/QUOTE]
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