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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 803658" data-attributes="member: 545">I respectfully disagree.There is no such thing as "losing slots" as defined in the rules.  We have rules for preparing spells.  We have rules for how many spells of a particular level may be cast per day.  That's it.The concept that a specific spell sits in a specific slot, like my keys are in my front right pant pocket, does not exist under the rules as written.  I concede it is a very natural and reasonable way of looking at the underlying "reality" that the rules model, but it is hardly the only way to go.At the fundamental rules level, I don't think my way or your way of looking at it is better in any respect.  However I do see this "slots" viewpoint actually creates more rules questions than it answers...What happens we you step into an Antimagic Field?  When you step out?  What if you remove you Headband of Intellect?  Put it back on?  Is it the same thing?  Do "slots" exist at all in an AMF?  When a slot is forcibly emptied when can you reprepare?  Do you need to sleep first?  What if a slot is emptied by loss of a Headband, replaced, then you are hit by energy drain?  Can you lose an empty slot to energy drain?  Does the answer to any of these questions change if you left a slot empty on purpose?Your answer needs ~5 paragraphs to explain what it actually means in play.My answer is: Just stick to per day limits and play on.  There is nothing more to think about.Which is the better answer?</blockquote>

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