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<blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3752040" data-attributes="member: 10397">Yes, in more or less all fantasy mages guard/hoard their power to varying degrees. Almost always because they have a finite amount of &quot;energy&quot; and/or it tires them physically or mentally. And there is often also (as in the case of Gandalf, who isnt really a wizard, and in Earthsea) of their use being limited on more philosophical/later ramifications grounds. &nbsp; However, I dont really feel that the Vancian deal of &quot;forgetting&quot; a spell when its cast, and having to have multiple &quot;copies&quot; of a given spell &quot;prepared&quot; in order to create a given effect more than once fits with this very well. &nbsp; I think there are pitfalls in what they are suggesting definitely. I still think I will like the Arcana Evolved base magic system better. And for people to like the Vancian system is fine, but I dont really think it reflects the source material that well (the issue of wanting to conserve magic is going to exist to some extent in any balanced system), and I dont think its much of a shakes mechanically either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merlion, post: 3752040, member: 10397"] Yes, in more or less all fantasy mages guard/hoard their power to varying degrees. Almost always because they have a finite amount of "energy" and/or it tires them physically or mentally. And there is often also (as in the case of Gandalf, who isnt really a wizard, and in Earthsea) of their use being limited on more philosophical/later ramifications grounds. However, I dont really feel that the Vancian deal of "forgetting" a spell when its cast, and having to have multiple "copies" of a given spell "prepared" in order to create a given effect more than once fits with this very well. I think there are pitfalls in what they are suggesting definitely. I still think I will like the Arcana Evolved base magic system better. And for people to like the Vancian system is fine, but I dont really think it reflects the source material that well (the issue of wanting to conserve magic is going to exist to some extent in any balanced system), and I dont think its much of a shakes mechanically either. [/QUOTE]

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