onthetown
2010-01-11, 04:06 PM
If it's not an actual rule, then it's always been a house rule from my DM that wizards can't scribe spells, memorize, and cast spells from their spellbooks of their forbidden schools. It makes sense to me, so I've trusted my DM and not really gone searching to see if I can do it with a penalty in 3.5. In Pathfinder, however (the latest conversion of our campaign), they've made it so that you can cast forbidden spells, just at a bit of a penalty. I like.
My questions are: In 3.5 (where, as far as I understand it, you can't cast or memorize forbidden schools), is the wizard able to cast from scrolls that somebody else made of their forbidden school, and are they able to craft potions of spells from their forbidden schools? Is there a penalty for doing either of those of your forbidden school in Pathfinder, as if you were casting from your spellbook?
One of my wizard's forbidden schools is Abjuration (biggest mistake of my life), so I spend a lot of money on protective potions. It'd be nice to cut the cost and just be able to craft the potions myself, not to mention I'd love to buy some scrolls. I guess my reasoning for hoping that it's possible is because she's not actually memorizing the spell to her spellbook, just making a potion that mimicks the effects. As for the scroll thing, I have no idea. Blind hope. :smallamused:
My questions are: In 3.5 (where, as far as I understand it, you can't cast or memorize forbidden schools), is the wizard able to cast from scrolls that somebody else made of their forbidden school, and are they able to craft potions of spells from their forbidden schools? Is there a penalty for doing either of those of your forbidden school in Pathfinder, as if you were casting from your spellbook?
One of my wizard's forbidden schools is Abjuration (biggest mistake of my life), so I spend a lot of money on protective potions. It'd be nice to cut the cost and just be able to craft the potions myself, not to mention I'd love to buy some scrolls. I guess my reasoning for hoping that it's possible is because she's not actually memorizing the spell to her spellbook, just making a potion that mimicks the effects. As for the scroll thing, I have no idea. Blind hope. :smallamused: