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<blockquote data-quote="TheRelinquished" data-source="post: 2779157" data-attributes="member: 33150"><p>I've been thinking about it, and researching the idea, but I don't really see a way that it works. I thought perhaps that if you made a feat that branched off of Spell Mastery to allow you to cast one of the selected spells spontaneously (but at a higher level) then that would work.</p><p></p><p>However, I wondered if that could overcome spell preparation. I looked into the definition of spell preparation in the Player's Handbook and found out exactly what the process involves:</p><p></p><p>It consists of a series of mental exercises, guided by the Wizard's spellbook, which <strong>begin</strong> the casting of the spell. An interruption point is then reached, where the Wizard can stop casting, leaving the energy of the prepared spell ready to be realeased with a few final movements, and/or words, and/or materials. Thus the spell can be completed at any time by the caster quickly, and even in the harshest environments (i.e. the middle of a battlefield).</p><p></p><p>Going by this definition, it would stand to reason that no Wizard, however powerful or feat endowed, could possibly cast a spontaneous spell unless through multiclassing or plain ol' Deus Ex Machina.</p><p></p><p>But I did not stop there! No! I deliberated further, and came up with a possible solution to the problem. Perhaps a feat could be made which was linked to Spell Mastery which would allow for <em>spontaneous preparation</em>...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So let me know what you think. This is a completely rough draft of the feat in mind. I like most of the numbers involved, but I'm somewhat concerned about the prerequisites and how they balance out.</p><p></p><p>Hope this was helpful...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheRelinquished, post: 2779157, member: 33150"] I've been thinking about it, and researching the idea, but I don't really see a way that it works. I thought perhaps that if you made a feat that branched off of Spell Mastery to allow you to cast one of the selected spells spontaneously (but at a higher level) then that would work. However, I wondered if that could overcome spell preparation. I looked into the definition of spell preparation in the Player's Handbook and found out exactly what the process involves: It consists of a series of mental exercises, guided by the Wizard's spellbook, which [B]begin[/B] the casting of the spell. An interruption point is then reached, where the Wizard can stop casting, leaving the energy of the prepared spell ready to be realeased with a few final movements, and/or words, and/or materials. Thus the spell can be completed at any time by the caster quickly, and even in the harshest environments (i.e. the middle of a battlefield). Going by this definition, it would stand to reason that no Wizard, however powerful or feat endowed, could possibly cast a spontaneous spell unless through multiclassing or plain ol' Deus Ex Machina. But I did not stop there! No! I deliberated further, and came up with a possible solution to the problem. Perhaps a feat could be made which was linked to Spell Mastery which would allow for [I]spontaneous preparation[/I]... So let me know what you think. This is a completely rough draft of the feat in mind. I like most of the numbers involved, but I'm somewhat concerned about the prerequisites and how they balance out. Hope this was helpful... [/QUOTE]
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