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This idea will most likely not come to fruition due to the fact it is not like "classic" D&D, however the mechanics and balance of this idea, could be well established.

< maybe ill be like pathfinder, or Monte Cooke and make my own system, who knows :P>

Wizard Leveling Progression

• level 1: Spell Access (Lv 1); spellpool (2); and other wizardly stuff
• level 3: Spell Access (Lv 2); Spellpool (4)
• level 5: Spell Access (Lv 3); Spellpool (8)
• level 7: Spell Access (Lv 4); Spellpool (12)
• level 9: Spell Access (Lv 5); Spellpool (16)
• Level 10: Spellpool (18); Casting Resilience 
• and so forth...

The spellpool functions as the total spell levels a wizard can tap into the 'weave' before exhausting himself. The wizard can prepare spells up to the Max Spell Access he is allowed....

Upon the release of the article (Balencing Wizards in D&D) and the D&DNext QA (Monk Fighting Styles, Spell Challenges & Multiclassing) it had me thinking about ways to better balence the wizard.
This short blog will be regarding the design of the wizard application for the Concentration skill, in the current D&DNext Playtest setting.

Buffs: in other systems (3.5) the wizard always buffed up for the day and before encounters. This proved to be an issue as these combinations of buffs would make the  wizard significantly more resilient in combat. I am against the idea of putting a cap of X  buffs on a player. This can ultimately diminish the risk and "skill" a wizard could do.

A wizard should be concentrating on the spells persistent effects(especially if they need to be maintained). ...