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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3762818" data-attributes="member: 710">An interesting question is how the current"daily resource management" system affects the game experience for the players involved?I certainly like planning my wizards spell well and using them precisely in the right moment. What I don't really enjoy are the kind of battles where I just sling some cheap Magic Missiles (usually at high levels, relying on Wands of Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer) or fire a Crossbow (low levels). The non-spellcasters usually enjoy these combats just as much as the ones where I get to sling my powerful spells. Essentially, a easy encounter in D&D 3.x means that the Wizard and Clerics hold back and just watch the fighters and rogues having fun. The difficult encounters means everyone is busy. A system which allows me to use most (but not always my most powerful) magic in combat in such battles would be a lot more fun to a spellcaster. The difference shouldn't be between a Magic Missile and a Cone of Cold, but the difference between Alter Self and Polymorph or Scorching Ray and Enlarged Fireball (couldn't think of a better 4th level spell, and I hope Enlarge is just +1 spell level)).A system that generously mixes per day, per encounter and per round resources might be able to pull this off. Per Day spells: My highest levelPer Encounter spells: My second or third highest level spellsPer Round spells: Any spell below that.</blockquote>