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Tales From the Tables ep.40: Devil's Due, part 4. (ttrpg.network)

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Hear ye, hear ye! Tales From the Tables is back with episode 40: **Devil's Due, part 4! ** Our intrepid misadventurers face off against the devil Alexander and his numerous summoned minions... will they prevail? 😱

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Short answer: read Jack Vance's 'tales of a dying earth'. It's the reason dnd magic is called 'vancian'.

Longer answer: in that series, magic works by just remembering words, and then saying them. But these magic words are powerful things, weighty in the mind, hard to carry. And, when said, they tear themselves out of your mind, causing you to forget them.

So, not 'spell slots' per se, but the idea is you're prepping spells almost as a 'potion', something you carry in your mind, and consume to cast out a spell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@BedbugCutlefish @therealjcdenton ... So... Any spellcaster not based on "learning" spells (all charisma spellcasters) should not have spell slots. And cantrips should not be a thing too :thonking:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's not a short answer, a good answer, but not a short one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

TikTok brain be like

A tweet is too long!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Explain it shorter then.