Hey there, I've attempted to find this answer on my own, but I've not had luck. My apologies if it has already been asked/answered..
Anyway! I'm reading over the rules text for the Wizard and I've discovered a seeming contradiction that I'd like some extrapolation on if that's possible. As the title suggests, it's about the Bonus Feat section, and it says this:
Bonus Feats: At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, a wizard gains a bonus feat. At each such opportunity, he can choose a metamagic feat, an item creation feat, or Spell Mastery. The wizard must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, including caster level minimums. These bonus feats are in addition to the feats that a character of any class gets from advancing levels. The wizard is not limited to the categories of item creation feats, metamagic feats, or Spell Mastery when choosing those feats.
I'm a bit confused as to what this means. I don't believe the earlier text is merely 'suggesting' that the Wizard take these feats; if I read right, I believe that the Wizard should in fact be limited to these, which makes sense. But that last sentence throws me off. At first I thought it was referring to the headers seen in Ch. 5, and in other books, where it groups feats together, such as Metamagic, Teamwork, Item Creation, etc... but Spell Mastery isn't a group, for one, and for another, I don't know of any Metamagic feats that aren't in the Metamagic category! The very existence of this last sentence appears to me to completely invalidate the rest of the paragraph. But that doesn't seem right. Would someone kindly explain to me what this rules text is trying to say?
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The last sentence is referencing the sentence right before it. It is clarifying that while the bonus feats gained at 5th,10th etc must be metamagic, item creation, or spell mastery, the regular feats gained from advancing levels are not limited to those categories.
Everything after the third sentence is redundant information. Ignore it.
The last sentence is referencing the sentence right before it. It is clarifying that while the bonus feats gained at 5th,10th etc must be metamagic, item creation, or spell mastery, the regular feats gained from advancing levels are not limited to those categories.
That makes a lot more sense. Thank you!