Yeah exactly! Something like that
Though I actually think the simplest solution would be to just organize it all by LvL. Just having tabs along a hotbar, each listing the spell level...
I
II
III
IV
V
etc
When clicked it expands to show the known/prepared spells at that level. You could use roman numerals for the spell level icon BG nostalgia vibe and arabic numerals for the number of casts where that makes sense. Would be pretty simple and cover pretty much everything. Basically just like the image above with the familiar example, except to bring up the full spellbook list from the interface and cast like that. Still leaves plenty of slots for the most frequently used spells or consumables to add on top, but taking the main spell management/casting system out of the general hotbar and placed into its own dedicated spellcasting hotbar.
Not having a separate interface specifically for casting feels really bizarre when there are so many spells. Trying to do it all from the main hotbar, and keep things organized as you go, is pretty onerous. Feels like a missing UI element in combat
Last edited by Black_Elk; 12/10/20 10:01 AM.