So I have a question about the Quick Preparation feat.
Prerequisite(s): Ability to prepare spells.
Benefit: When preparing spells, you halve the time necessary to do so.
Normal: Preparing all of your spells takes 1 hour.
Obviously it is(/was) designed for a character with one single source of prepared spellcasting with the "Normal" wording. Yet what about someone like a Cleric 1 / Wizard 1?
A) Preparing spells from multiple classes takes 1 hour for each class and each is then halved.
B) Preparing spells from multiple classes takes 1 hour only and then that time is halved.
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How long does it take to prepare your spells without the feat?
Halve that.
From the CRB on Magic:
For Wizards:
Spell Preparation Time: After resting, a wizard must study his spellbook to prepare any spells that day. If he wants to prepare all his spells, the process takes 1 hour. Preparing some smaller portion of his daily capacity takes a proportionally smaller amount of time, but always at least 15 minutes, the minimum time required to achieve the proper mental state.
For Sorcerers and Bards:
Daily Readying of Spells: Each day, sorcerers and bards must focus their minds on the task of casting their spells. A sorcerer or bard needs 8 hours of rest (just like a wizard), after which she spends 15 minutes concentrating. (A bard must sing, recite, or play an instrument of some kind while concentrating.) During this period, the sorcerer or bard readies her mind to cast her daily allotment of spells. Without such a period to refresh herself, the character does not regain the spell slots she used up the day before.
For Divine casters:
Spell Selection and Preparation: A divine spellcaster selects and prepares spells ahead of time through prayer and meditation at a particular time of day. The time required to prepare spells is the same as it is for a wizard (1 hour), as is the requirement for a relatively peaceful environment. When preparing spells for the day, a cleric can leave some of her spell slots open. Later during that day, she can repeat the preparation process as often as she likes. During these extra sessions of preparation, she can fill these unused spell slots. She cannot, however, abandon a previously prepared spell to replace it with another one or fill a slot that is empty because she has cast a spell in the meantime. Like the first session of the day, this preparation takes at least 15 minutes, and it takes longer if she prepares more than one-quarter of his spells.
So spontaneous casters require 15 min, prepared casters require an hour. Now whether you need 2 hours if you're a wizard/cleric is probably at GM discretion. I can definitely see an argument to be made that since they are different styles/schools of magic, it should require individual prep work for each.