Quick Arcanist Rules Questions


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Can Arcanists leave spell slots open in the same way Wizards can (with the intention of using the 1/4 in 15 minutes rules to prepare them later)? If so, do they lose slots, or just the option to cast whatever they would have prepared in that spot?


Let me rephrase the question to see if I can answer it...

Can an Arcanist choose to prepare some of her spells later?

Player's Guide page 218 wrote:
When preparing spells for the day, a wizard can leave some of these spell slots open. Later during that day, he can repeat the preparation process as often as he likes, time and circumstances permitting. During these extra sessions of preparation, the wizard can fill these unused spell slots. He cannot, however, abandon a previously prepared spell to replace it with another one or fill a slot that is empty because he has cast a spell in the meantime. That sort of preparation requires a mind fresh from rest. Like the first session of the day, this preparation takes at least 15 minutes, and it takes longer if the wizard prepares more than one-quarter of his spells.

So, theoretically, yes. She's a prepared spellcaster, so she can hold some of the prepared parts open and later add spells to her list. She can burn as many of that spell slot as she wants as a spontaneous caster up to her limit, but can't cast the new spell until she sits down and studies out of her spellbook for 15 minutes.

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