Cleric Spell Preparation Question

[Sherlock]

Can a cleric prepare a spell of lower level in a higher level slot.

Example.
Can you prepare a 4th level spell in a 5th level spell slot?

thanks

 

[Keith]

I think so. Could be wrong, though.

 

[likuidice]

you can indeed, check under spell preperation in the phb, I would advise investing in metamagic feats if you intend to do this regularly, to fully make take advantage of this use of higher slots.

 

[Lamoni]

The appropriate section in the SRD states,

Spell Slots: The various character class tables show how many spells of each level a character can cast per day. These openings for daily spells are called spell slots. A spellcaster always has the option to fill a higher-level spell slot with a lower level spell. A spellcaster who lacks a high enough ability score to cast spells that would otherwise be his or her due still gets the slots but must fill them with spells of lower level.