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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 4132015" data-attributes="member: 29252">If you prepare spells, you need to have a matching spell actually prepared - it's in the Reserve Feat type description, not the description of the specific feat.&nbsp; If you don't prepare spells, you need to know one and have a free slot available of that level.&nbsp; At least, it's that way in the Complete Mage Reserve Feat type description (page 37).&nbsp; I'm not entirely sure how it works for a Sorcerer, Bard, or similar with Arcane Preparation, who does both.A curious note is that this makes Heighten Spell potentially more useful for a prepared caster in regards to Reserve feats than it does to a spontaneous caster - with Invisible Needle, for instance, the Cleric-9 who doesn't have any 3rd, 4th, or 5th level Force spells (at least, not in the PHB spell list - I'm reasonably sure there's a 3rd, 4th, or 5th level Force spell out there for clerics somewhere....) can use a Heightened Spiritual Weapon to make a 3rd level Force Spell, where the Favored Soul-9 has to wait all the way until 12th level and take Blade Barrier as a spell known to do it with just the PHB spell list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Simth, post: 4132015, member: 29252"] If you prepare spells, you need to have a matching spell actually prepared - it's in the Reserve Feat type description, not the description of the specific feat. If you don't prepare spells, you need to know one and have a free slot available of that level. At least, it's that way in the Complete Mage Reserve Feat type description (page 37). I'm not entirely sure how it works for a Sorcerer, Bard, or similar with Arcane Preparation, who does both. A curious note is that this makes Heighten Spell potentially more useful for a prepared caster in regards to Reserve feats than it does to a spontaneous caster - with Invisible Needle, for instance, the Cleric-9 who doesn't have any 3rd, 4th, or 5th level Force spells (at least, not in the PHB spell list - I'm reasonably sure there's a 3rd, 4th, or 5th level Force spell out there for clerics somewhere....) can use a Heightened Spiritual Weapon to make a 3rd level Force Spell, where the Favored Soul-9 has to wait all the way until 12th level and take Blade Barrier as a spell known to do it with just the PHB spell list. [/QUOTE]

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