----- Original Message -----
From: Tony B <tonyb72@...>
To: <EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] Curious on 8 memorized spells for lev 16
through 23 rd level play ers ?

> From: "Tony B" <tonyb72@...>
>
> i would really just like to be able to have spells ready in case of
> emergencies, without hurting my ordinary ability to dish out damage. for
> example, i almost always have ward undead, even if there are only a few
> undead around. resting after a battle and getting attack by a zombie is
no
> fun, even though they are rather weak opponents. even a high level,
> ordinary skeleton can do some damage if you dont have a pet and/or ward.
> just for comparison, i got trained by 3 skels, without a pet, and i was
able
> to kill them all. by the time i finished i was severly low on hp, and
just
> about out of mana (enough for gather shadows). if i wouldnt have had
ward,
> i would have been dark elf pot pie.
> i also like to keep either gather shadows or gate on hand, but it would be
> nice to have access to both. also, i almost always use dark pact, and the
> extra mana has saved my buns many a time. it would just be nice to have
the
> ability to use a good portion of the spells i have, instead of needing to
> choose a small handful. im sure any spellcaster can agree with that, but
> since we are already limited in our ability to take damage, i think the
> versatility would help, even if it doesnt really make us all that much
more
> powerful.
>
> belphenor

My personal thought on this is for the number of slots for spells to
increase based on level. This would reflect the characters increase in
knowledge and ability to retain spells. And give adequate explination for
why lower lvls don't have as many slots. Though i'm sure verant made limited
slots for balancing purposes. If magic-users had access to all their spells
or the greater majority of them at all the time magic users would be
significantly more powerful than most character classes. It makes you think
about what you should cast and prepare accordingly. It does get tedious
though, to constantly sit and mem spells as they wear off.

-david (Mazooth- Cazic-Thule)