That has to be the worst game you could actually reference! The Legend of Zelda was one of the very first video games for the NES to ever implement saving, the only other one I can think of being Faxanadu. Also, if you've actually played any of these beautiful puzzle games, you'd know that Link's progress in a dungeon remains true, every door stays unlocked, every heart piece and secret treasure isn't removed from his inventory; he may start at the beginning, but like the idea of runes, his progress isn't destroyed, he needs only find where he left off and continue from there.

There is no 'hidden prep.' The idea is that there's a 1 prep per turn rule, and my character would only be able to use a prep if he has the rune set up already. This is far beyond the required amount of processes necessary for your character to use magic, and nearly all of your spells are hidden, so if you don't like it... you can quit this fight; I'm not immersed enough anymore to beg your stay, or willingly bend over and have my ass spanked by a rule(r), like some naughty girl in a Catholic school whose only violation was calling bullshit on the Noah's arc flood. If what you're explaining is what should happen if your character surprises mine with some ability, then even preps and non-preps shouldn't matter, you'd likely get off some damage in my eyes if you were so tactical. This idea that the rules are the only way to earn damage or defend against it takes away from the real value of imagination, tactics, and what this bout should be about; a battle between our characters! Not a pathetic battle between me and you to see who can abuse the system first for freebies.

There's no use in playing this like a parking officer desperate to meet his quota, and I'll say this... parking officers aren't always right, but they know not everybody wants to take time out of their work schedule to fight a silly $30 ticket. Their mortal enemy is the angry mom, whose every minute of spare time is dedicated to ensuring things go fairly for herself and her offspring, verbally abusing anyone who wrongs her. I'm like the mom in this instance, but with an extra appendage.