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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 2022835" data-attributes="member: 114">I don't think this is a correct interpretation.For Arcane casters it is crystal clear"When preparing spells for the day, a wizard can leave some of these spell slots open. Later during that day, she can repeat the preparation process as often as she likes, time and circumstances permitting. During these extra sessions of preparation, the wizard can fill these unused spell slots. She cannot, however, abandon a previously prepared spell to replace it with another one or fill a slot that is empty because she has cast a spell in the meantime. That sort of preparation requires a mind fresh from rest. Like the first session of the day, this preparation takes at least 15 minutes, and it takes longer if the wizard prepares more than one-quarter of her spells."But for Divine casters, although it different, as you note."A divine spellcaster does not have to prepare all his spells at once. However, the character’s mind is considered fresh only during his or her first daily spell preparation, so a divine spellcaster cannot fill a slot that is empty because he or she has cast a spell or abandoned a previously prepared spell."The issue is that first sentence. If he doesn't have to prepare all his spells at once the implication is that he can prepare some of his spells at one time and then more of his spells at another time.The second sentence tells you that you can't refill a slot that is empty through a spell being cast or abandoned (because "the characters mind is considered fresh only during his or her first daily spell preparation". My emphasis). It doesn't speak about slots which were not filled at an earlier point in the day and in fact tells you that there can be more than one spell preparation point in the day!Personally I think it would be better if only arcane casters got to prepare empty slots during the day, to give them one mechanical advantage up against all the mechanical advantages that divine magic enjoys (no ASF, don't need 8 hours rest, select from full spell list...) but I don't think that is the way it is written.Cheers</blockquote>

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