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Flexible Spellcaster

Trading a fixed daily spell list for a broader spell collection lets a prepared caster pick the right tool in the moment, not hours ahead.

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Prerequisites: You must have a class, such as clerics, druids, witches, and wizards, that prepares spells in spell slots using the same number of prepared spells per day.

Flexible Spellcaster Adjustments: You learn spells as normal for your class (a wizard uses a spellbook, a witch teaches spells to their familiar, and so on), but change your spellcasting from your class as follows.

  • You can cast fewer spells each day. Your number of spell slots per day don't advance from 2 to 3 spells at even levels (see Table 5—1).
  • Reduce the number of cantrips you gain from your class by 2. This archetype doesn't change the way you prepare cantrips.
  • During your daily preparations, you prepare a spell collection rather than preparing spells into each spell slot individually. The number of spells in your spell collection each day equals the total number of spell slots you get each day from your class spells. Select these spells from the same source as normal, such as from a spellbook for a wizard.
  • You can cast any of the spells in your collection by using a spell slot of an appropriate level.

Level 2 · Prerequisites flexible spell preparation

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