Tor the Fallen
2007-07-22, 10:23 PM
When WotC says "spells per day," how long is a day?
For instance, if a wizard starts a day out at 00:00 hours, having woken up at 23:00 hours and spent the last hour preparing spells, he has a bunch of spells.
Let's say he casts all those spells in the next hour, then goes back to sleep at 01:00 hours. He wakes up at 09:00, and is ready to cast at 10:00. He then casts all his spells in the next hour, and goes back to sleep at 11:00. He wakes up at 19:00, and is ready to go again at 20:00 hours.
He has cast all his spells 3 times that day.
Now, can clerics and druids do the same trick? Except in their case, they wouldn't have to sleep even; just pray once every 8 hours for 1 hour to get their spells back.
So in the case of undead clerics and druids (or other creature types that don't sleep), they can adventure hard for 8 hours, stop for 8 to get their spells back, and keep going?
Oh, no, wait, clerics must choose a time to prepare their spells.
So does this show that, once again, wizards are superior, getting 3 times as many spells as their divine counterparts, in nearly the same period of time?
For instance, if a wizard starts a day out at 00:00 hours, having woken up at 23:00 hours and spent the last hour preparing spells, he has a bunch of spells.
Let's say he casts all those spells in the next hour, then goes back to sleep at 01:00 hours. He wakes up at 09:00, and is ready to cast at 10:00. He then casts all his spells in the next hour, and goes back to sleep at 11:00. He wakes up at 19:00, and is ready to go again at 20:00 hours.
He has cast all his spells 3 times that day.
Now, can clerics and druids do the same trick? Except in their case, they wouldn't have to sleep even; just pray once every 8 hours for 1 hour to get their spells back.
So in the case of undead clerics and druids (or other creature types that don't sleep), they can adventure hard for 8 hours, stop for 8 to get their spells back, and keep going?
Oh, no, wait, clerics must choose a time to prepare their spells.
So does this show that, once again, wizards are superior, getting 3 times as many spells as their divine counterparts, in nearly the same period of time?