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Thanks everyone for the help.

Well...I think you're confusing some things.

You need to look at the class spell per day table first, such as the wizards. It shows you how many spells you can cast per day based on your level, and of what levels spells you can cast.

This table tells you how many bonus spells you get based on classes casting stat. With an int of 20, a 1st wizard would get 2 additional bonus first levels spells.

So that would give a 1st level wizard with 20 int 3 1st levels spells. At 3rd level, the wizard gains access to 2nd level spells and then his high ability score bonus applies there as well and he would get 1 additional 2nd level spell per day. So as a 3rd level wizard with 20 int would be able to cast 4 1st level spells and 2 2nd level spells per day.

Hopefully you can follow this example for you specific case.

Thanks. I have a follow up. If a wizard with 20 Int has 3 1st level spells, does that mean he can prepare 3 spells and cast each one once per day? Can he prepare the same spell 3 times and cast that one spell 3 days per day? Is that how it works?

Part of my confusion is that casters seem to have extremely limited utility if they can't cast much during a day. If a wizard can only cast his 3 level 1 spells once per day, he could easy expend all of them during one encounter and be far less useful until he gets the chance to rest for the night. And that design is just surprising to me. But again, maybe I'm missing something. Or maybe wizards are just much better as they get higher in level (as seems to be the case).

Thanks again for the help. As I said, I'm pretty brand new and I'd really like to build a caster, but am unsure if I'm getting everything right.

Stephen

Hi, I'm new to pathfinder and having trouble understanding how to build a spell caster. To me it looks like I only get one bonus spell per day at each spell level until you get to a 20-21 ability score, when you get 2 for level one spells. So, a Druid with an 18wisdom would only receive a total of 2 level one spells per day because he has a base of one level one spell per day. However this doesn't really seem to fit with what I see other people doing when I play at society meetings. I think I must be missing something. Thanks for the help.