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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3105228" data-attributes="member: 2011">A Fighter has two magical longswords: one found and one crafted. If he had only had a magical short sword crafted instead of the magical longsword, he could fight two weapon.But, at the time he decided to get the weapon crafted, he was thinking about his +1 Weapon Focus Longsword. Hmmm.A Wizard has two Quickened spells. If he had only not Quickened one of them, he could cast it along with the other Quickened spell.But, at the time he decided to study his spells, he was thinking about casting each Quickened spell in combination with other different standard action spells.It is not a matter of two spells per round. It is a matter of which spells can work with which spells in a single round. The Wizard still starts out a typical day with the option to cast a lot of spells.The fact that he cannot cast two Swift spells in a single round is not a big deal. The Fighter cannot fight two weapon with two longswords (shy of a feat or other ability to get around it).It doesn't upset anyone.What you are saying, though, does not follow.Quickening a spell does not prevent a caster from casting two spells per round. It only prevents him from casting it with another Swift/Immediate/Quickened spell in the same round.Just like Energy Substitution Cold prevents a caster from effectively using that spell against Frost Giants.Pros and Cons. That is game balance.Not just Pros.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 3105228, member: 2011"] A Fighter has two magical longswords: one found and one crafted. [b]If he had only[/b] had a magical short sword crafted instead of the magical longsword, he could fight two weapon. [b]But, at the time he decided to[/b] get the weapon crafted, he was thinking about his +1 Weapon Focus Longsword. Hmmm. A Wizard has two Quickened spells. [b]If he had only[/b] not Quickened one of them, he could cast it along with the other Quickened spell. [b]But, at the time he decided to[/b] study his spells, he was thinking about casting each Quickened spell in combination with other different standard action spells. It is not a matter of two spells per round. It is a matter of which spells can work with which spells in a single round. The Wizard still starts out a typical day with the option to cast a lot of spells. The fact that he cannot cast two Swift spells in a single round is not a big deal. The Fighter cannot fight two weapon with two longswords (shy of a feat or other ability to get around it). It doesn't upset anyone. What you are saying, though, does not follow. Quickening a spell does not prevent a caster from casting two spells per round. It only prevents him from casting it with another Swift/Immediate/Quickened spell in the same round. Just like Energy Substitution Cold prevents a caster from effectively using that spell against Frost Giants. Pros and Cons. That is game balance. Not just Pros. [/QUOTE]

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