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<blockquote data-quote="Naszir" data-source="post: 4266820" data-attributes="member: 55043">But it is not a matter of just forgetting one.&nbsp; It is a matter of the Wizard puts a new spell in his spellbook and another spell strangely vanishes from the spellbook.&nbsp; That does not make it a use it or lose it kind of thing.I suppose the spellbook is &quot;magical&quot; and you could potentially say that the writting is &quot;magical&quot;.&nbsp; When you learn a new spell you incorporate it into your spellbook and it transfers some of the arcane energy from the spell you are &quot;forgetting&quot; or &quot;transforming&quot; into the new spell that you are writting and that is why it vanishes.I'm not sure I completely like this but it does seem to work.As far as why some spells must be prepared and some don't need to be:Taking a cue from the Earthdawn RPG, I would say that Utility and Dailey spells require a partial arcane matrix to be prepared at the beginning of each day for each of those types of spells.&nbsp; When a Wizard goes to cast those spells he completes the arcane matrix and unleashes the magical energy of that spell.&nbsp; When this is done the partial matrix for the spell is gone.There are some Utility spells that are encounter powers but I guess they can be explained that those the arcane matrix are slightly different and are able to maintain themselves throughout the day but they need to recharge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Naszir, post: 4266820, member: 55043"] But it is not a matter of just forgetting one. It is a matter of the Wizard puts a new spell in his spellbook and another spell strangely vanishes from the spellbook. That does not make it a use it or lose it kind of thing. I suppose the spellbook is "magical" and you could potentially say that the writting is "magical". When you learn a new spell you incorporate it into your spellbook and it transfers some of the arcane energy from the spell you are "forgetting" or "transforming" into the new spell that you are writting and that is why it vanishes. I'm not sure I completely like this but it does seem to work. As far as why some spells must be prepared and some don't need to be: Taking a cue from the Earthdawn RPG, I would say that Utility and Dailey spells require a partial arcane matrix to be prepared at the beginning of each day for each of those types of spells. When a Wizard goes to cast those spells he completes the arcane matrix and unleashes the magical energy of that spell. When this is done the partial matrix for the spell is gone. There are some Utility spells that are encounter powers but I guess they can be explained that those the arcane matrix are slightly different and are able to maintain themselves throughout the day but they need to recharge. [/QUOTE]

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