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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 399065" data-attributes="member: 4134">It was just a draft, it has to be fleshed out. I think the spells would last for a day and then go away. They have to see the spell in action and make checks to remember it right. They could only completely copy the spell: if they see someeone cast a fire shield that protects against cold, they can't use that to cast the fire version. If the spell is changed with metamagic, they must use (and probably have) the metamagic in question. The casting time would be increased (like a metamagic'ed spell). They could only add X spells to their arsenal (the exact amount has to be determined and tweaked. Maybe even as few as 1). And they would cast the spell less efficiently than the original caster: either their caster level would be reduced (a sor12 casting them as sor9 or something), the effective spell level would be raised (by 1), or the save DC would be lessened (by 2). Or a combination of several/all of these things. Of course, they can't copy spells that aren't on their list, and they have to copy them from other arcane spellcasters (since divine magic works works very different).</blockquote>