| DiscOH |
Signature Spells: At 1st level and each time a spell specialist gains a new spell level, she chooses a signature spell. The spell specialist can cast this spell without preparing it, in the same way a sorcerer casts spells spontaneously. Even though the spell specialist does not need to prepare this spell, it still counts against the number of spells she can prepare, reducing the number of spells of each level she can prepare each day by 1. A spell specialist can swap out a single signature spell for another spell of the same level when gaining a class level.
Does a spell Specialist's level 1 ability count for spells cast through other classes (especially the DC increase)?
Does a spell specialist need to pick a spell on his class spell list to specialize in?
Could you choose to specialize in spells that you are not yet high enough level to cast?
RAW/RAI opinions are both welcome.
| Elicoor |
Well... here's an archetype I find kind of... bad-written. but whatever.
Most of the problems here are coming from the evident lack of a clear RaW. Lack of text space in the book, I suppose.
1. RaW : Nothing disallows it.
RaI : No, as this ability is linked to the Arcanist's spellcasting.
2. RaW : Nothing disallows it.
RaI : Yes, again it's linked to the arcanist spellcasting.
3. RaW : it's not indicated.
RaI : A signature spell is something you are supposed to be casting often. Proudly. Like a signature. Nothing restricts you to one spell by spell level, though. But if you decide to pick another 3rd-level signature spell when getting access to 4th-level spells, you'll lose one signature spot for one spell between 4th and 9th levels - choose it well.