Jack Vance's Dying Earth novels heavily influenced D&D spellcasting and magic items, shaping the game's unique approach to wizards. D&D's early adventures were more about greed and personal gain ...
The wizard Fortunato casts things like "the Spell of the Extended Instant" and has to memorize spells in advance, just like the wizards of Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories and the D&D class they ...