See wikiped for Dying Earth, series by Jack Vance. A big influence on Gygax’s magic system they say. With Vecna being an anagram for Vance, you start to see the connection. Magic in this scifi series is based on memorization of syllables which the human mind can only hold so much. Etc.
Personally I still like magic as magic (probably more the current dnd sorcerer style, no memorization), but I can appreciate the game aspects of the rest of it. Studying and learning magic has a cool ring to it.
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