Focused Specialist Wizards.

[Cowboy_ninja]

1) Explain focused specialist form complete mage. I don't understand the difference between a spell slot and a spell per day. It says I loose one spell slot per spell level for 2 additional spells per day of my specialty school of magic.

2) can you have two specialties? all pros can cons aside from the thought of loosing 4 schools of magic, can I do it? be a transmuter and an evocer?


I would ask if I could Focus Specialize in two schools of magic but their aren't enough schools. especially since you can't give up diviniation.

[Tyndmyr]

You have less spells that you can fill with anything, but you gain a stack of spells you can use for your specialized school. It's a great option.

2. Not normally. Some PrCs, like the 3.0 form of incantatrix do allow a second specialized school, though.

[Optimystik]

This should answer all your questions.

[2xMachina]

Changeling's dual specialization. Bit iffy, since it's a Racial Sub for lvl 1 and Focused Spec is ACF for lvl 1.

Specialize in Illusion and Transmutation, ban 3 schools. Focused spec that, and you ban 4 schools. (Incant can't fit, since you must have abjur, and you'd end up having to ban it if you spec 2, ban 5)

Master Spec would be nice (and weird) with Dual Spec. Gain Exoterica for 2 schools. Double the power.

[Tyndmyr]

That's an interesting thought.

Presuming you could convince your DM to allow the class, you could later take the 3.0 incantatrix for a third focused school, then.

Of course, given that there's only eight schools, not counting general, that'd put you at a hefty ban list.

Edit: I should specify that the above combo of all three would likely be considered...sketchy. Pure RAW games would almost certainly disallow it on the basis of using a 3.0 class instead of the 3.5 version.

[FMArthur]

Changeling's dual specialization. Bit iffy, since it's a Racial Sub for lvl 1 and Focused Spec is ACF for lvl 1.

Specialize in Illusion and Transmutation, ban 3 schools. Focused spec that, and you ban 4 schools. (Incant can't fit, since you must have abjur, and you'd end up having to ban it if you spec 2, ban 5)

Master Spec would be nice (and weird) with Dual Spec. Gain Exoterica for 2 schools. Double the power.

I'm pretty sure you can still ban Illusion or Transmutation even after specializing in it.

[Cowboy_ninja]

You have less spells that you can fill with anything, but you gain a stack of spells you can use for your specialized school. It's a great option.

2. Not normally. Some PrCs, like the 3.0 form of incantatrix do allow a second specialized school, though.

but what is a spell slot?

[grautry]

but what is a spell slot?

It's Exactly What It Says On The Tin.

It's a slot for a spell. There's effectively no difference between a 'spell slot' and a 'spell per day'. It's just different wording of the same thing.

Think of it as a blank page. You've got a series of blank pages that you fill with a spell(the writing) when you're memorizing spells during rest.

So, a generalist wizard Joe can cast 3 1st level spells per day(he has 3 1st level generalist spell slots). If he specializes in magic, he can cast 3 1st level spells per day from any school plus one from his specialization school(he has 3 1st level generalist spell slots and 1 specialist spell slot). If he's a focused specialist he can cast 2 1st level spells per day from any school and 3 from his specialist school(he has 2 1st level generalist spell slots and 3 specialist spell slots).

[Cowboy_ninja]

It's Exactly What It Says On The Tin.

It's a slot for a spell. There's effectively no difference between a 'spell slot' and a 'spell per day'. It's just different wording of the same thing.

Think of it as a blank page. You've got a series of blank pages that you fill with a spell(the writing) when you're memorizing spells during rest.

So, a generalist wizard Joe can cast 3 1st level spells per day(he has 3 1st level generalist spell slots). If he specializes in magic, he can cast 3 1st level spells per day from any school plus one from his specialization school(he has 3 1st level generalist spell slots and 1 specialist spell slot). If he's a focused specialist he can cast 2 1st level spells per day from any school and 3 from his specialist school(he has 2 1st level generalist spell slots and 3 specialist spell slots).

Got it. Thanks all!

[mostlyharmful]

You can use the three feats from lost empires of faerun to recover a banned school and then ban it again?