Wizard Amount of Spells can take per Level

[abarb]

Hello All,

I am a new DM and trying to understand what my player is telling me. Okay he I a Level 2 Wizard with INT of 18. Under the allowed spells he can take for the day says two(2) Level 1 Spells, but he gets a bonus spell due to INT being high. I know the arcane bond gives him one as well. On the third paragraph on page 79 says if they are specialist wizard he gets an extra Level 1 spell if it is from his specialist school. So that means he can have five Level 1 spells at Level 2 correct?

Thanks for the help.

[Derklord]

Yes, three regular slots to prepare spells in, one spell slot to prepare a spell from the specialty school. In addition, the bonded item allows the wizard to cast a spell in their spellbook without the normal preperation proccess.

[abarb]

Derklord wrote:

Yes, three regular slots to prepare spells in, one spell slot to prepare a spell from the specialty school. In addition, the bonded item allows the wizard to cast a spell in their spellbook without the normal preperation proccess.

Thank you

[Jared Walter 356]

abarb wrote:

Hello All,

I am a new DM and trying to understand what my player is telling me. Okay he I a Level 2 Wizard with INT of 18. Under the allowed spells he can take for the day says two(2) Level 1 Spells, but he gets a bonus spell due to INT being high. I know the arcane bond gives him one as well. On the third paragraph on page 79 says if they are specialist wizard he gets an extra Level 1 spell if it is from his specialist school. So that means he can have five Level 1 spells at Level 2 correct?

Thanks for the help.

It works out to a total of 5. But there are some bonuses/restrictions.

From table 13-6, at level 2 he gets 2 first level spells cast per day.
From table 1-3, an extra 1st level spell for 18 int.
1 specialist spell per day.
1 use of arcane focus per day.

The specialist slot can only be used for a specialist school spell.
Prohibited schools take 2 slots to prepare.

The arcane focus can be used to recall any spell in the caster's spell book once per day. This means that he has a spell slot does not need to be chosen in advance.

[Meirril]

Might as well talk about 3rd level now because its going to be educational.

At 3rd level a wizard gets 4 zero, 2 first and 1 second level spell from class. Int 18 adds a bonus spell per level from 1st to 4th. Specialist adds a spell from its school to each spell level. And the arcane bond lets you cast a spell from your spellbook that you could normally cast.

So summery:
Zero level: 4 (no increase or decrease from anything talked about)
First level: 2 (base) + 1 (Int) + 1 (school) = 3(any)+1(school)
Second level: 1 (base) + 1 (Int) + 1 (school) = 2(any)+1(school)
Arcane Bond : Any spell in the Wizard's spellbook up to 2nd level. This spell is chosen when cast, not prepared.

[Curghann]

@Meirril - Why wouldnt you get a bonus 0 slot from your specialty school?

[Glendwyr]

Curghann wrote:

@Meirril - Why wouldnt you get a bonus 0 slot from your specialty school?

Principally because that's what the rules say:

prd wrote:

In addition, specialist wizards receive an additional spell slot of each spell level he can cast, from 1st on up (bolding mine).

Aside: I never noticed the noun/pronoun disagreement in that sentence before, and now I can't unsee it.

[Azothath]

Meirril wrote:

Might as well talk about 3rd level now because its going to be educational.

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correct

The arcane bonded item is very powerful. Amulets increase that usefulness as they can be crafted at half book price (Amulet of Spell Mastery, etc).