Sorcerers and Spell Components

[Thanee]

You cannot swap into an empty spell slot (sorry, but I forgot to mention that). What this means in theory for Wizards is that they study most of their spells and have few slots open and swap in utility spells as needed.

If the Wizard keeps slots open, then he is often forced to use other, sometimes less desirable, spells to accomplish his goals. In this case, he ends up having to take out the 15 minutes to fill a given slot anyway.

I don't quite get what you are saying here... assuming for the moment, that the swapping is easily done, why should a Wizard need to keep slots open still or use the 15 minutes thing?

I meant, the Wizard just learns more combat spells instead of leaving slots open, and instead of filling the empty slots (15 minutes), he swaps out combat spells and swaps in utility spells instead. That's probably how I would use it at least.

But, with the revised rule (DC 20 + 2 * spell level), ...

That DC seems more reasonable.

Bye
Thanee

 

[KarinsDad]

I don't quite get what you are saying here... assuming for the moment, that the swapping is easily done, why should a Wizard need to keep slots open still or use the 15 minutes thing?

For lower level spells, he might not keep slots open.

But, for medium to higher level spells, his desire to keep slots open should be about the same or nearly the same as previously. If the player would have kept some slots open pre-this rule, he will most likely do the same with this rule for some of his higher level spells. The reason is that swapping is not 100% guaranteed whereas saving a slot will almost always work (environmental conditions permitting) if you have the time. Now, I could see a given player leaving fewer slots open, but a really good player will attempt to optimize both methods.