| Matthew Hooper |
I think this has been addressed, but I can't find a thread that states it directly, so...
In addition to these abilities, each school also grants a
number of bonus spells. Whenever a wizard attains the listed
level, he can choose one spell from his school to prepare every
day as a bonus spell. Instead of gaining a spell of the listed
level, the wizard can instead choose a spell of a lower level,
which he can then prepare twice per day (except for 2nd level).
A universalist can choose spells from any school. Once chosen,
these spells cannot be changed.
Well and good, but..
...4th Level: The wizard can cast any second level spell from
his chosen school once per day.
6th Level: The wizard can cast any third level spell from his
chosen school once per day....
...this table doesn't seem to be talking about the same thing. The more I read about bonus spells, the more my head hurts. Can someone reword this so it makes a bit more sense? Preferably with an example?
I'll agree with other commentators: this information really needs to be in the Wizard class description, and not with the spell list. Ideally, the bonus spells should be listed as "bonus spells" instead of "school power" in the Wizard progression table. I hate to say it, but I get the sense that the wizard was only half-changed from Alpha to Beta - some things need to be made consistent to avoid confusion.