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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silverglass" data-source="post: 1112717" data-attributes="member: 14071">There are 2 separate aspects to attribute loss for spellcasters.Bonus spells are a function of the attribute so these would be lost if the attribute drops. Spells per level are purely a function of the characters level so the slots are not lost, what is lost is that ability to prepare and cast spells of that level. However the caster could still prepare lower level spells using those slots (the 3.0 PHB was pretty clear on this, but without the 3.5 PHB to check up on I cant say whether this is still the case).As far as metamagics go, other than Heighten the level of the spell is not changed so my interpretation is that a caster could use higher level slots to prepare spells using metamagics other than Heighten (again I cannot quote the 3.5 rules on this but I beleive this is the case).So a 10th level wizard whose INT was dropped to 13 would lose any 4th or 5th level bonus spells but could use his 4th and 5th level slots per day to prepare spells up to 3rd, including such things as an extended Haste.</blockquote>