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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 6038695" data-attributes="member: 3424">If the DM needs to control the power of wizard PCs relative to the rest of the party, something is already wrong with the game system (IMO).That said, I can see some interesting ways to limit and/or add variety to the spells in a wizard's spellbook:1. Spell learning rolls. The wizard needs to roll an Intelligence or Arcana check at level-up to determine which spells he is able to add to his spellbook. As an option, the wizard can re-try a failed check each time he gains a level. If this seems like too much of a "lottery", a hybrid approach may be for the wizard to select one spell and to roll for the rest.2. Maximum spells known. Ideally, this should be a limit on the total number of spells known and not expressed on a per level basis. If a wizard is able to learn meteor swarm, it makes no sense to me that he cannot learn fireball instead simply because he already knows the maximum number of 3rd-level spells.3. Spell rarity. Spells could have different levels of rarity which affect how easy it is to acquire them. For example, perhaps a wizard is guaranteed to be able to learn (say) common spells, needs to make an Intelligence check to acquire an uncommon spell, and can only learn a rare spell by in-game actions (and a wizard can only learn a maximum number of rare spells equal to his Intelligence modifier).</blockquote>