Cantrips and Orisons

[Wolven one]

Somebody may have already asked and answered this. The way I read this rule regardless of class if you get these spells you may prepare or have knowledge of a number of spells that you may cast all day long no max number of times perday once so ever. Is that right?

[MoFiddy]

Wolven one wrote:

Somebody may have already asked and answered this. The way I read this rule regardless of class if you get these spells you may prepare or have knowledge of a number of spells that you may cast all day long no max number of times perday once so ever. Is that right?

Right. A 1st level wizard, for example, can prepare 3 cantrips and then cast those 3 as often as he likes.

[Onishi1]

MoFiddy wrote:

Wolven one wrote:

Somebody may have already asked and answered this. The way I read this rule regardless of class if you get these spells you may prepare or have knowledge of a number of spells that you may cast all day long no max number of times perday once so ever. Is that right?

Right. A 1st level wizard, for example, can prepare 3 cantrips and then cast those 3 as often as he likes.

ok so this post echos my interpretation, but i am still having trouble convincing some of my party members this is how the cantrips/ orisons work. i need to make a convincing argument to them, any ideas?

[MoFiddy]

It is on page 79 of the Core Rulebook.

CRB wrote:

Cantrips: Wizards can prepare a number of cantrips,

or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table 3–16 under
“Spells per Day.” These spells are cast like any other spell,
but they are not expended when cast and may be used again.

[Gauss]

MoFiddy is correct. This was a fundamental change between 3.5 and Pathfinder.

- Gauss

[Dust Raven]

Yep. So only prepare detect magic and light once each. Well, don't prepare any cantrip/orison more than once. :)