I might be misremembering, but isn’t there an explanation about components that needs to be prepared in advance and are consumed by the spell? (speaking about "real" P&P here, not the video-game adaptations)

Here, I made you a character:

Klumpen the Artisan
Agility: 8
Strength: 6
Intelligence: 9
Charisma: 3
Health: 5
Inventory capacity: 4

Abilities:
Adaptability: If disarmed, Klumpen can make a weapon out of any nearby environment objects, as well as any instruments for his Musician ability.
Martial Arts: Klumpen's fighting ability gives him an automatic +3 dice against all opponents who do not also have the Martial Arts ability.
Outcast: Klumpen is able to disengage any opponent and become invisible for either 2 turns or until he attacks.
Musician: If holding an instrument, Klumpen may play music which grants his teammates benefits depending on what the instrument is. Add +1 dice for every additional Musician ability being used by other players on this turn.

Just an interesting note: If playing with a large group of people, it might make sense to divide up the role of the game master. Having someone else handle the "keeper of the rule-set" role might be a reasonable idea: we'll call that person the "referee". This way, the GM can focus on designing the world and story while any rules arguments are directed to the referee instead.

Back to the topic of microtransactons. Some kid managed to spend $8k bucks in a FIFA game. Seriously, in free to play games microtransactions are OK, but in other games, well, whoever is allowing this deserves torture.


https://youtu.be/yUd0vxTsGwo

How is it even possible to spend this much money?

I guess being stupid and thanks to EA's business models.

Actually, there is a different issue I have with the magic systems of AD&D, Wizardry (1-5), Final Fantasy (1 (pre-GBA) and 3), and games that copy them like The Dark Spire and Elminage Gothic: It is quite possible to run into a situation where you have exhausted your ability to cast lower level spells, but are somehow able to cast higher level spells. That problem is made worse by the fact that the spell levels are often not balanced sensibly; in AD&D computer games, there usually isn't any 4th level spell as good as Fireball, and in AD&D and Wizardry, there is no way to use 2nd and 3rd level Priest spells for healing.

Fortunately, 3rd edition D&D fixed this by allowing low level spells to be prepared (notice the term is now "prepared", not "memorized") in higher level spell slots. Unfortunately, this rule seems to not usually be implemented in cRPGs (Temple of Elemental Evil is the only one I am aware of that implements this rule).

Well there are components that are consumed by the spell that's true, but that still doesn't make the losing your memory part make sense.
It gets even weirder when you memorize the same spell twice.
Also none of the groups I've played with ever used the components rule, it's just such a dull rule.

I interpret the ability to cast the spell only once to be linked to the components, not your memory. And the preparation needed being the time you need to prepare the components through some rituals.
When you "memorize" a spell twice, you just prepare enough compnents to cast it twice.

But I agree that if you take the components out of the equation it suddenly doesn’t make much sense anymore.

And it just takes way too freakin' long!

On the rpg note just got the Fspace Fed Rpg, and a fallout like one for D&d 3E ( I dislike 3E but this might make me use the system), called darwin's world

Doesn't anybody write anything down?

Everyone welcome! Anything goes! Now if you violate the GOG User Agreement that's an entirely different bucket of tofu altogether.

Fear your comments may invite deletion? Perhaps a thorough going examination of the Gog User Agreement would be prudent prior to posting.

What's funny is he thinks I am the sole reason for his post being deleted. Even if I did downrate everything he puts up here (and I'm not saying I do :P) it still takes a hell of a lot more to get a post actually removed. I keep telling him that but evidently his English isn't so good. Maybe I should try speaking imbecile to him. :D