ARCANE SPELLS

Contents

• Arcane Magical Writings - To record an arcane spell in written form, a character uses complex notation...
• Independent Research - A wizard also can research a spell independently, duplicating an existing spell or creating an entirely new one.
• Materials And Costs - Materials for writing the spell cost 100 gp per page.
• Space In The Spellbook - A spell takes up one page of the spellbook per spell level.
• Spells Copied From Another's Spellbook Or A Scroll - A wizard can also add a spell to her book whenever she encounters one on a magic scroll or in another wizard's spellbook.
• Spells Gained At A New Level - Wizards perform a certain amount of spell research between adventures.
• Time - The process takes 24 hours, regardless of the spell's level.
• Preparing Wizard Spells - A wizard's level limits the number of spells she can prepare and cast.
• Death And Prepared Spell Retention - If a spellcaster dies, all prepared spells stored in his or her mind are wiped away.
• Preparation Environment - To prepare any spell, a wizard must have enough peace, quiet, and comfort to allow for proper concentration.
• Prepared Spell Retention - Once a wizard prepares a spell, it remains in her mind as a nearly cast...
• Recent Casting Limit/Rest Interruptions - If a wizard has cast spells recently, the drain on her resources reduces her capacity to prepare new spells.
• Rest - To prepare her daily spells, a wizard must first sleep for 8 hours.
• Spell Preparation Time - After resting, a wizard must study her spellbook to prepare any spells that day.
• Spell Selection And Preparation - Until she prepares spells from her spellbook, the only spells a wizard...
• Spell Slots - The various character class tables show how many spells of each level a character can cast per day.
• Sorcerers And Bards - Sorcerers and bards cast arcane spells, but they do not have spellbooks and do not prepare their spells.
• Adding Spells To A Sorcerer's Or Bard's Repertoire - A sorcerer or bard gains spells each time he attains a new level in his class and never gains spells any other way.
• Daily Readying Of Spells - Each day, sorcerers and bards must focus their minds on the task of casting their spells.
• Recent Casting Limit - As with wizards, any spells cast within the last 8 hours count against the sorcerer's or bard's daily limit.