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The supposed advantage of Prepared Casting over Spontaneous casting is that in exchange for having to plan their spells beforehand, Prepared Casters can potentially access every spell on their spell list. Conversely, the supposed advantage of Spontaneous Casting over prepared casting, is that in exchange for the flexibility to cast unplanned, Spontaneous Casters have a limited spell selection.

However, Prepared Casters have always had self-sufficient means to address the supposed rigidity of prepared casting. For example, Prepared Casters can spend their downtime making scrolls, wands, and potions that allow them to access numerous spells on the fly. Furthermore, class features like Quick Study allow Wizards to adjust their prepared spells in a matter of minutes. In contrast, if a spontaneous caster wants to expand their access to spells, they must buy items at full cost. While Prepared Casters get to be economical and self-sufficient, spontaneous castes must rely on their GM to send them to places where their desired items are for sale. Additionally, I know of no spontaneous equivalent of Quick Study.

To address this discrepancy, I propose making it easier for Spontaneous Casters to change their spells known. Right now, Spontaneous Casters only get to swap one spell per level, or they must spend an indeterminate amount of downtime to retrain a spell. I say let Spontaneous caster make potions that allow them to change their spells known. For example:

1. Minor Repertoire Potion (cheaply priced): When consumed allows Spontaneous Casters to change one of their spells known. Once consumed, you are bolstered against the effects of any other Repertoire Potions for 24 hours.

2. Lesser Repertoire Potion (less cheaply priced): When consumed allows Spontaneous Casters to change three of their spells known. Once consumed, you are bolstered against the effects of any other Repertoire Potions for 24 hours.

3.Moderate Repertoire Potion (decently priced): When consumed allows Spontaneous Casters to change a number of their spells known equal to their spellcasting modifier. Once consumed, you are bolstered against the effects of any other Repertoire Potions for 24 hours.

4. Greater Repertoire Potion (this hurts the wallet): When consumed allows Spontaneous Casters to change a number of their spells known equal to 3 + their spellcasting modifier. Once consumed, you are bolstered against the effects of any other Repertoire Potions for 72 hours.

5. Major Repertoire Potion (expensive): When consumed allows Spontaneous Casters to change a number of their spells known equal to their character level. Once consumed, you are bolstered against the effects of any other Repertoire Potions for 72 hours.

6. True Repertoire Potion (holy mother of god expensive): When consumed allows Spontaneous Casters to change all their spells known. Once consumed, you are bolstered against the effects of any other Repertoire Potions for 1 week.
Does anyone else agree there is a discrepancy between prepared and spontaneous casting? If so, how do you propose that discrepancy be fixed?

Am I the only one surprised and disappointed that Sorcerers only get 6 class feats? Especially when Wizards get 8? I was under the impression that all classes got 10 class feats, with the exception of fighters who get more. I wanted to recreate an Arcanist by taking the Wizard archetype, but doing so leaves me with virtually no sorcerer feats. In fact, with only 6 class feats, Sorcerers are severely discouraged from partaking in any archetype. Is this an oversight, or by design?

Do Unchained Summoners have access to the Snowball spell? On one hand, paizo's official website clearly lays out which spells the Unchained Summmoner gets, but that was released in 2015 with Pathfinder Unchained. Ultimate Wilderness, which was released in 2017, lists Snowball as simply a "Summoner" spell (Aquatic Calvary and Fey Gate are also listed, but I am primarily concerned with Snowball).

Are we to believe that Paizo is continually expanding the original Summoner spell list, a list they felt so fundamentally broken that they had to revise the entire thing? Or do the spells from newer books automatically apply to Unchained Summoners?

As a note, Ultimate Wilderness only specifically mentions the Unchained Summoner once in the entire book, and that is in the description for the Leshy Caller archetype.