tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post7443446592708622423..comments2023-04-26T02:25:00.179-07:00Comments on The Frothy Friar: House Rule - Any Spell, Any TimeThe Frothy Friarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11239287980636452197noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post-73988275871777829512010-03-22T13:59:03.597-07:002010-03-22T13:59:03.597-07:00This is exactly how we play it.This is exactly how we play it.Lord Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100447170529010062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post-41564314110696462142010-03-20T06:24:07.330-07:002010-03-20T06:24:07.330-07:00I actually use this house rule myself. My much-mo...I actually use this house rule myself. My much-more experienced DM'ing spouse asked whether I thought wizards were under-powered. I was slightly worried about how a magic-using character might overshadow the other PCs as they increased in levels ... but then I ended up with only one in the group, a cleric. <br /><br />Since NPCs operate on the same principle, at least I don't have to deal with whining about "oh how convenient it is that this wizard happened to have just exactly the spells he needed to screw with us."Bevin Flanneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236840635945018034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post-50152565604229310362010-03-18T09:29:05.755-07:002010-03-18T09:29:05.755-07:00That's a good point @Al about a more liberal u...That's a good point @Al about a more liberal use of spells in situations. I think that is one of the brighter points of early D&D, that you could make those liberal interpretations easier. Now, there are so many rules for every little thing, you feel wrong for going off the reservation or as a player you feel like you shouldn't even ask.The Frothy Friarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239287980636452197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post-81484538227350112432010-03-18T09:09:22.989-07:002010-03-18T09:09:22.989-07:00I've used this house rule before, with mixed r...I've used this house rule before, with mixed results. It can get kind of unwieldy later on, when MU's have amassed dozens of spells, so maybe consider a cap, like "memorizing" 3 spells for every 1 you can cast each day.<br /><br />Ultimately, my undoing for this method is reading a Vance story - nothing explains the appeal of Vancian casting quite so well as Vance himself!<br /><br />I have found that being extremely liberal with how MU's utilize their spells helps alleviate the "what if I memorize the wrong spells" dilemma. For instance, letting a MU who doesn't have "knock" memorized force a door open with levitation, blast it to tinder with magic missile, etc.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post-12342179129673982972010-03-18T07:31:43.849-07:002010-03-18T07:31:43.849-07:00They would still have Spells Per Level as normal, ...They would still have Spells Per Level as normal, so a 5th level wizard could cast 3 1st, 2 2nd and 1 3rd level spells, but any of those spells he has in his book.The Frothy Friarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239287980636452197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395408718428935037.post-1136216952071881232010-03-18T07:04:02.360-07:002010-03-18T07:04:02.360-07:00Would you break it down by level or just spell tot...Would you break it down by level or just spell total? Giving a 5th level wizard 8 or 9 fireballs a day instead of 1 or 2 will definitely change things.<br /><br />Something I did at one point was let casters use their spell levels per day how they wanted, so a caster with 4 1st, 3 2nd and 2 3rd level spells would have 16 levels worth of casting power (I forget how I handled 0 level spells).Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028723917488264665noreply@blogger.com