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<blockquote data-quote="malcolm_n" data-source="post: 4851370" data-attributes="member: 63154"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>VANCIAN WIZARD</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>I come from an age when a wizard's power was measured by the size of his library.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Prerequisites: Wizard, Tome of Readiness class feature</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The vancian wizard is a spellcaster almost forgotten in the present day world. These powerful wizards were able to fill countless tomes with their spells; and although the day when one would require rest after casting his last spell is lost, there are still those who would master the remnants of this form of wizardry.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>VANCIAN WIZARD FEATURES</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Three and a Half Masters (11th level):</strong> Your spellbook now also holds your at-will and encounter wizard spells. Choose one extra wizard at-will attack power and one extra wizard encounter power for each level of encounter powers you have. When you prepare your daily spells in the morning, you can also prepare up to two of your at-will spells and one encounter spell per level you know. When you gain a new level of encounter wizard spells, you can choose two and prepare one each day.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>A Real Spellbook (11th level): </strong>You no longer replace spells because of gaining a level. Instead, you write the new spells into your spellbook and they also take up one page per spell. When you prepare a spell at the beginning of each day, you can choose to prepare a lower level spell instead. You still can’t prepare the same spell twice.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Spells Per Encounter (11th level): </strong>You can spend an action point to regain the use of a wizard encounter power you've cast, instead of taking an extra action.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Spells Per Day (16th level): </strong> You can now prepare the same spell more than once. When you prepare a spell more than once, you must give up a spell of a higher level to do so. For example, instead of preparing fireball, ice storm and blast of cold, you can prepare fireball and two ice storms or three fireballs. You cannot prepare an encounter spell instead of a daily spell and vice versa.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>VANCIAN WIZARD POWERS</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Encounter Spell Slot Vancian Wizard Attack 11</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>You have trained hard so that you can prepare more encounter spells.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Daily</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">No Action Personal</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Effect: At the beginning of each day, choose one encounter attack spell of 7th level or lower that you know. This becomes that power.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Utility Spell Slot Vancian Wizard Utility 12</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>You have trained hard so that you can prepare more utility spells.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Daily</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">No Action Personal</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Effect: At the beginning of each day, choose one utility spell of 10th level or lower that you know. This becomes that power.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Daily Spell Slot Vancian Wizard Attack 20</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>You have trained hard so that you can prepare more daily spells.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Daily</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">No Action Personal</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Effect: At the beginning of each day, choose one daily attack spell of 19th level or lower that you know. This becomes that power.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="malcolm_n, post: 4851370, member: 63154"] [SIZE=2][B]VANCIAN WIZARD[/B] [I]I come from an age when a wizard's power was measured by the size of his library.[/I] Prerequisites: Wizard, Tome of Readiness class feature The vancian wizard is a spellcaster almost forgotten in the present day world. These powerful wizards were able to fill countless tomes with their spells; and although the day when one would require rest after casting his last spell is lost, there are still those who would master the remnants of this form of wizardry. [B]VANCIAN WIZARD FEATURES[/B] [B]Three and a Half Masters (11th level):[/B] Your spellbook now also holds your at-will and encounter wizard spells. Choose one extra wizard at-will attack power and one extra wizard encounter power for each level of encounter powers you have. When you prepare your daily spells in the morning, you can also prepare up to two of your at-will spells and one encounter spell per level you know. When you gain a new level of encounter wizard spells, you can choose two and prepare one each day. [B]A Real Spellbook (11th level): [/B]You no longer replace spells because of gaining a level. Instead, you write the new spells into your spellbook and they also take up one page per spell. When you prepare a spell at the beginning of each day, you can choose to prepare a lower level spell instead. You still can’t prepare the same spell twice. [B]Spells Per Encounter (11th level): [/B]You can spend an action point to regain the use of a wizard encounter power you've cast, instead of taking an extra action. [B]Spells Per Day (16th level): [/B] You can now prepare the same spell more than once. When you prepare a spell more than once, you must give up a spell of a higher level to do so. For example, instead of preparing fireball, ice storm and blast of cold, you can prepare fireball and two ice storms or three fireballs. You cannot prepare an encounter spell instead of a daily spell and vice versa. [B]VANCIAN WIZARD POWERS[/B] [B][COLOR=DimGray]Encounter Spell Slot Vancian Wizard Attack 11[/COLOR][/B] [I]You have trained hard so that you can prepare more encounter spells.[/I] Daily No Action Personal Effect: At the beginning of each day, choose one encounter attack spell of 7th level or lower that you know. This becomes that power. [B][COLOR=DimGray]Utility Spell Slot Vancian Wizard Utility 12[/COLOR][/B] [I]You have trained hard so that you can prepare more utility spells.[/I] Daily No Action Personal Effect: At the beginning of each day, choose one utility spell of 10th level or lower that you know. This becomes that power. [B][COLOR=DimGray]Daily Spell Slot Vancian Wizard Attack 20[/COLOR][/B] [I]You have trained hard so that you can prepare more daily spells.[/I] Daily No Action Personal Effect: At the beginning of each day, choose one daily attack spell of 19th level or lower that you know. This becomes that power.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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