Alacritous Cogitation and Reserve Feats [Archive] - Wizards Community

Alacritous Cogitation and Reserve Feats [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Galstaf, Sorcerer of Lite
08-19-07, 01:50 AM Flipping through Complete Mage...

So, let me make sure I have this straight:

Alacritous Cogitation lets me leave one of my wizard's spell slots open and later, cast any spell I know, essentially turning that one slot into a sorcerer spell slot.

A sorcerer can use any spell he knows to qualify for the "available to cast" part of a reserve feat (as long as it meets the other criteria like level, descriptors, etc.), because, well, anything he know is available to cast as long as he's got a high enough unused spell slot.

So if my wizard has Alacritous Cogitation, then I can count anything in my spellbook (again, as long as it meets the right criteria) for purposes of using a reserve feat.

Right... ?
Vaelan
08-19-07, 02:15 AM Alacritous Cogitation does not make the Wizard a spontaneous spellcaster and thus he still uses the prepared spellcaster's method for determining the potency of Reserve feats.

Since the method for determining the potency of Reserve feats for prepared spellcasters is to look at the highest-level spell the character has prepared and Alacritous Cogitation explicitly requires you to leave the slot empty, it does not work to your benefit when combined with Reserve feats.
runestar
08-19-07, 02:35 AM I would say no. To qualify for a reserve feat, you must actually have that spell memorized somewhere. AC does not exactly let you do this. While it would let you spontaneously cast any spell from your spellbook, that slot is blank (ie: does not contain any spell) until you actually do so, and so cannot be used to fuel your reserve feats.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Galstaf, Sorcerer of Lite 08-19-07, 01:50 AM	Flipping through Complete Mage... So, let me make sure I have this straight: Alacritous Cogitation lets me leave one of my wizard's spell slots open and later, cast any spell I know, essentially turning that one slot into a sorcerer spell slot. A sorcerer can use any spell he knows to qualify for the "available to cast" part of a reserve feat (as long as it meets the other criteria like level, descriptors, etc.), because, well, anything he know is available to cast as long as he's got a high enough unused spell slot. So if my wizard has Alacritous Cogitation, then I can count anything in my spellbook (again, as long as it meets the right criteria) for purposes of using a reserve feat. Right... ?
Vaelan 08-19-07, 02:15 AM	Alacritous Cogitation does not make the Wizard a spontaneous spellcaster and thus he still uses the prepared spellcaster's method for determining the potency of Reserve feats. Since the method for determining the potency of Reserve feats for prepared spellcasters is to look at the highest-level spell the character has prepared and Alacritous Cogitation explicitly requires you to leave the slot empty, it does not work to your benefit when combined with Reserve feats.
runestar 08-19-07, 02:35 AM	I would say no. To qualify for a reserve feat, you must actually have that spell memorized somewhere. AC does not exactly let you do this. While it would let you spontaneously cast any spell from your spellbook, that slot is blank (ie: does not contain any spell) until you actually do so, and so cannot be used to fuel your reserve feats.