arcane spontaneity [Archive] - Wizards Community

arcane spontaneity [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Tobrecan
03-14-07, 11:50 PM Are there any feats that let wizards cast spells spontaneously? Kinda opposite of what arcane preparation does for sorcerers.
runestar
03-14-07, 11:53 PM There is a signature spell feat in player's guide to faerun which lets you cast a mastered spell spontaneously (mastered refers to a spell mastered via spell mastery).

Else, it is an epic feat.
paladin2019
03-15-07, 12:56 AM I house rule all mastered spells to be cast spontaneously, like cure/infict spells for clerics. I also house rule Arcane Preparation to allow a sorcerer or bard to use of a spell book with the feat. But that's IMC. I didn't know about Signature Spell.
runestar
03-15-07, 06:02 AM What's the point of having wiz and a sorc class then?:P
Tobrecan
03-15-07, 05:43 PM Does Signature Spell allow a wizard to qualify for prc that requires spontaneous casting?
StevenO
03-15-07, 07:54 PM I believe there is a feat in the Complete Mage that once per day will allow a prepared caster to "spontaneously" fill a spell slot that they've left open. It doesn't give you spontaneous casting but does replicate many of those mechanics.
Tobrecan
03-15-07, 09:25 PM I found the one in Complete Mage, its called Alacritous Cogitation and it does exactly what I was looking for thank you very much. Although I have a new question, it says "you can use that open slot to cast any arcane spell you know of the same level or lower." What does it mean by "know"? In your spellbook, mastered via spell mastery, or something else?
StevenO
03-17-07, 12:08 AM The "know" for that feat typically means "in your spellbook." You should have no trouble letting spell mastery work either because you had to "know" those spells in your book first in most cases.
stsword
03-26-07, 11:28 PM There's also an eberron feat that allows one to change spells prepared by sacrificing action points.
Psikerlord
03-26-07, 11:35 PM Yep, the eberron feat will let you spontaneously cast any spell in your spellbook for 2 action points (i forget the name of the feat, sorry). I think you need to be about 6th level to take the feat, at which point you have something like 7 action points. Trouble of course is any action points you spend are gone until you advance a level...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Tobrecan 03-14-07, 11:50 PM	Are there any feats that let wizards cast spells spontaneously? Kinda opposite of what arcane preparation does for sorcerers.
runestar 03-14-07, 11:53 PM	There is a signature spell feat in player's guide to faerun which lets you cast a mastered spell spontaneously (mastered refers to a spell mastered via spell mastery). Else, it is an epic feat.
paladin2019 03-15-07, 12:56 AM	I house rule all mastered spells to be cast spontaneously, like cure/infict spells for clerics. I also house rule Arcane Preparation to allow a sorcerer or bard to use of a spell book with the feat. But that's IMC. I didn't know about Signature Spell.
runestar 03-15-07, 06:02 AM	What's the point of having wiz and a sorc class then?:P
Tobrecan 03-15-07, 05:43 PM	Does Signature Spell allow a wizard to qualify for prc that requires spontaneous casting?
StevenO 03-15-07, 07:54 PM	I believe there is a feat in the Complete Mage that once per day will allow a prepared caster to "spontaneously" fill a spell slot that they've left open. It doesn't give you spontaneous casting but does replicate many of those mechanics.
Tobrecan 03-15-07, 09:25 PM	I found the one in Complete Mage, its called Alacritous Cogitation and it does exactly what I was looking for thank you very much. Although I have a new question, it says "you can use that open slot to cast any arcane spell you know of the same level or lower." What does it mean by "know"? In your spellbook, mastered via spell mastery, or something else?
StevenO 03-17-07, 12:08 AM	The "know" for that feat typically means "in your spellbook." You should have no trouble letting spell mastery work either because you had to "know" those spells in your book first in most cases.
stsword 03-26-07, 11:28 PM	There's also an eberron feat that allows one to change spells prepared by sacrificing action points.
Psikerlord 03-26-07, 11:35 PM	Yep, the eberron feat will let you spontaneously cast any spell in your spellbook for 2 action points (i forget the name of the feat, sorry). I think you need to be about 6th level to take the feat, at which point you have something like 7 action points. Trouble of course is any action points you spend are gone until you advance a level...