Does Flexible School give even more spell slots per day?


Rules Questions


I'm looking at the Archmage ability called Flexible School:
"Select one wizard arcane school that is not your arcane school. You gain powers from that arcane school, treating your tier as your wizard level for the purposes of these powers. Once you have chosen the arcane school, it cannot be changed. You cannot select an arcane school that is one of your opposition schools.

You must have the arcane school class feature to select this ability. You can choose this ability up to three times, each time selecting another arcane school other than your own."

However, the arcane school feature in the wizard class mentions that for each school, they take a number of powers, and additional spell slots:

"Each arcane school gives the wizard a number of school powers. In addition, specialist wizards receive an additional spell slot of each spell level he can cast, from 1st on up. Each day, a wizard can prepare a spell from his specialty school in that slot. This spell must be in the wizard’s spellbook. A wizard can select a spell modified by a metamagic feat to prepare in his school slot, but it uses up a higher-level spell slot. Wizards with the universalist school do not receive a school slot."

Does this mean that archmages can get 2 spell slots for each spellcasting level, and does that mean that they must choose two more opposition schools?

My gut feeling says no, but I wanted to make sure.


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Flexible school only gives you what it say nothing less, nothing more. You are not gaining an extra school all you gain are the power from the school. You do not gain extra spells slots and you still have to use your school spell slots for spells from your actual school. You cannot use those slots for spells from the flexible school. You do not need to choose additional oppositions schools for the same reason.


Mysterious Stranger wrote:
Flexible school only gives you what it say nothing less, nothing more. You are not gaining an extra school all you gain are the power from the school. You do not gain extra spells slots and you still have to use your school spell slots for spells from your actual school. You cannot use those slots for spells from the flexible school. You do not need to choose additional oppositions schools for the same reason.

Awesome, thank you!

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