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<blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 3352114" data-attributes="member: 18363">It could mean only 3 castings (or less) from a runestaff per day, although I tend to lean away from this reading, due to the fact that some runestaves have more than 3 spells in them.Wizards may not be able to use a spell in a runestaff if it is not known to them (ie: in their book or known via Spell Mastery). From their descriptions it seems that only Bards and Sorcerers gain the 'extra spells known via runestaff' usage, as the Duskblade in the description could not use a spell they could not learn from their list. Also, another description seemed to suggest that a wizard would have less use for the staff except for being able to memorize utility spells and use a runestaff for other spells they already know (ie: is in their spellbook). Really, there are too many unknown details in regards to these runestaffs. Why can't a wizard get as much use out of a runestaff as a sorcerer (ie: gains new spells known while attuned to it), and why is it that bards can use it to 'know' (at least while attuned to the correct runestaff) any arcane spell, but a duskblade cannot? Actually, why are bards - or sorcerers, for that matter - considered to be &quot;spontaneous casters with unfixed lists&quot;, considering that their lists of learnable spells are quite fixed, albeit longer than those of most other spontaneous arcane casters?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nyeshet, post: 3352114, member: 18363"] It could mean only 3 castings (or less) from a runestaff per day, although I tend to lean away from this reading, due to the fact that some runestaves have more than 3 spells in them. Wizards may not be able to use a spell in a runestaff if it is not known to them (ie: in their book or known via Spell Mastery). From their descriptions it seems that only Bards and Sorcerers gain the 'extra spells known via runestaff' usage, as the Duskblade in the description could not use a spell they could not learn from their list. Also, another description seemed to suggest that a wizard would have less use for the staff except for being able to memorize utility spells and use a runestaff for other spells they already know (ie: is in their spellbook). Really, there are too many unknown details in regards to these runestaffs. Why can't a wizard get as much use out of a runestaff as a sorcerer (ie: gains new spells known while attuned to it), and why is it that bards can use it to 'know' (at least while attuned to the correct runestaff) any arcane spell, but a duskblade cannot? Actually, why are bards - or sorcerers, for that matter - considered to be "spontaneous casters with unfixed lists", considering that their lists of learnable spells are quite fixed, albeit longer than those of most other spontaneous arcane casters? [/QUOTE]

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