Question 1:
"Word of recall teleports you instantly back to your sanctuary when the word is uttered."
What word must be uttered? Is it
a) The verbal component (therefore the teleportation requires a standard action to cast the spell)
b) Another word that can be uttered at any time after casting the spell? (therefore you can teleport as a free action as long as you casted the spell once in your lifetime)
A player of mine thinks it's B. I think it's A
Question 2:
How does PFS handle this spell for spontanous casters? When is the location chosen?
Question 1:
"Word of recall teleports you instantly back to your sanctuary when the word is uttered."
What word must be uttered? Is it
a) The verbal component (therefore the teleportation requires a standard action to cast the spell)
b) Another word that can be uttered at any time after casting the spell? (therefore you can teleport as a free action as long as you casted the spell once in your lifetime)A player of mine thinks it's B. I think it's A
Question 2:
How does PFS handle this spell for spontanous casters? When is the location chosen?
Word of recall has a duration of instantaneous. That means the magic comes and goes in a flash. As such, the word is part of the casting, not something you can say later. If it was something you could do at a later time, the spell would specifically say so and a duration would be listed.
As for spontaneous casters, it would be the same as for prepared. Prepared casters must choose the location during spell preparation (when they get their spells back), spontaneous casters would do the same when they get their spells back for the day. At least that is how I believe it would work. When the spell was written, only clerics and druids could cast it, and neither of those are spontaneous casters.
By the strictest reading, since spontaneous spell casters don't prepare spell it will do nothing for them, they never get to "designate a sanctuary".
However, that is being far too strict with RAW. Especially as noted there were no spontaneous divine casters when the spell was written. Now, I believe Oracles are the only spontaneous casters with the spell. And they should probably get to choose each day when they cast the spell...
I dunno. A prepared caster preparing multiple WoR can actually choose multiple locations. But this isn't intended to be teleport and let you go anywhere.
Yeah...I dunno how it should work for spontaneous casters.