In an effort to think of a form of spellcasting which one could refresh in the middle of the day without needing to rest, and yet still retain some sort of balance, I developed refresh spellcasting. Related to how maneuvers are handled for initiator classes, the project partly succeeded. The system wasn't broken, and it was interesting, but is is ultimately still a power boost to casters who do not need it. The It also does not help casters who already had at-will powers such as warlock, though I would recommend strengthening warlocks in the first place. Fortunately, the boost in strength is to spellcasters from this variant rule should not too extreme fortunately, and so this rule may be appropriate for high level games where a small shift in power means very little. Also recommended for spellcasters with poor or nerfed spell lists, and wishing to inject a new style of play into the game.

There is only a minor change to how casters prepare and use their spells. For prepared casters like wizardsand clerics, filling spell slots is much like preparing maneuvers. When used, the spell is expended and refreshing restores the spell as if it had not been cast. They enjoy a very large list of spells known, but can only "ready" certain spells at a time.

Spontaneous casters like the sorcerer or bard enjoy having all their spells "readied" all the time, and when they refresh a spell they add another use per day to the appropriate level, to be used on any spell which they can cast at that level. However their spells known is limited.