Vaern
2017-01-22, 03:55 PM
How do reserve feats work for Elemental Savants?
Their description says that the descriptor and energy type of their spells changes when they cast the spell. So from the sound of it, a wizard/elemental savant (air) prepares a Fireball [Fire], but casts a Fireball [Lightning].
Now, let's look at Storm Bolt. In order to use the ability, you need to have at least a 3rd-level lightning spell available to cast. Suppose the aforementioned fireball is the only spell that the wizard has left in his arsenal: He doesn't have a lightning spell prepared, but, as it becomes lightning when he uses it, is it technically considered a lightning spell available to cast?
Similarly, suppose the same wizard has for some reason picked up Fiery Burst, which is worded similarly. He has a fire spell prepared, but it becomes a lightning spell when he casts it, so it isn't exactly a fire spell available to cast.
And as far as sorcerers go, I'm assuming that the spells available are treated similarly to a spell prepared by a wizard. Rather than having Fireball [Lightning] on his list of available spells to cast, he has Fireball [Fire] available, which becomes Fireball [Lightning] when he chooses to expend a spell slot to cast it.
The character in particular which I've been playing with is a sorcerer/elemental savant of water, who happens to have a lot of fire spells along with Winter's Blast. And, like the last thread regarding this character (cold-substituted fire spells and catching fire), the DM for the group has already made a ruling, but I always like to see extra opinions on such things in case the same situation arises in another group.
In my case, the DM decided that all of my available spells are trapped in a quantum state of arcane superposition in which they are treated as both cold and fire spells for the purpose of reserve feats until they are cast, and at that point they collapse into a definitive state of cold. Because, you know, why the hell not?
Their description says that the descriptor and energy type of their spells changes when they cast the spell. So from the sound of it, a wizard/elemental savant (air) prepares a Fireball [Fire], but casts a Fireball [Lightning].
Now, let's look at Storm Bolt. In order to use the ability, you need to have at least a 3rd-level lightning spell available to cast. Suppose the aforementioned fireball is the only spell that the wizard has left in his arsenal: He doesn't have a lightning spell prepared, but, as it becomes lightning when he uses it, is it technically considered a lightning spell available to cast?
Similarly, suppose the same wizard has for some reason picked up Fiery Burst, which is worded similarly. He has a fire spell prepared, but it becomes a lightning spell when he casts it, so it isn't exactly a fire spell available to cast.
And as far as sorcerers go, I'm assuming that the spells available are treated similarly to a spell prepared by a wizard. Rather than having Fireball [Lightning] on his list of available spells to cast, he has Fireball [Fire] available, which becomes Fireball [Lightning] when he chooses to expend a spell slot to cast it.
The character in particular which I've been playing with is a sorcerer/elemental savant of water, who happens to have a lot of fire spells along with Winter's Blast. And, like the last thread regarding this character (cold-substituted fire spells and catching fire), the DM for the group has already made a ruling, but I always like to see extra opinions on such things in case the same situation arises in another group.
In my case, the DM decided that all of my available spells are trapped in a quantum state of arcane superposition in which they are treated as both cold and fire spells for the purpose of reserve feats until they are cast, and at that point they collapse into a definitive state of cold. Because, you know, why the hell not?