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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flynn" data-source="post: 3540190" data-attributes="member: 1836">Maybe I should have been more clear that this only applies to divine magic. The rules are rather specific about when divine casters (not wizards, as you listed above) can prepare spells.The last sentence in the "Time of Day" section under Divine Spellcasters in the SRD clearly states that the character must wait until the next day to prepare spells if they don't do so at their first opportunity. Thus, empty spell slots cannot be filled, because you have to wait until the next day to prepare them if you don't fill them up at the start of your day.The rules also say that the divine caster doesn't have to fill all of their slots, but it does not indicate that divine casters can fill those slots later on in the day, as time permits. However, the arcane spellcasters have that clause specifically listed:Given that the v3.5 rules are so carefully self-referencing and repetitive as possible, and this was glaringly left out of the divine caster descriptions, my group came to the conclusion that a difference between divine and arcane casters is that arcane casters can leave slots open and then fill them later on in the day, while divine casters can leave slots open but cannot fill them in later on in the day. (I don't know the game philosophy behind it, but that's just how it reads to us. YMMV, of course.)Hope this helps,Flynn</blockquote>