Choose two Evocation spells from the Wizard spell list, each of which must be no higher than level 2, and add them to your spellbook for free.
In addition, whenever you gain access to a new level of spell slots in this class, you can add one Evocation spell from the Wizard spell list to your spellbook for free.
Which implies to me that these are not "automatically prepared". However the character sheet I am building as a test shows these as available to cast. I added Scorching Ray for example, and it shows up on the sheet before I prepare any spells. It is not just in my spellbook. Note that it doesn't show as prepared in the spellbook either. I get an entry in my spells section of my character - tagged "Evocation Savant". If I then prepare the spell, another entry with the same spell shows up and is tagged "Wizard". Note that both entries have a CAST button, using either button expends a spell slot as expected.
So is the intent to allow the Wizard to NOT have to prepare these extra spells or not? If not the tooling is mangling the job and implying otherwise.
All the Savant abilities are bugged this way. The best way to deal with it on the player side is to simply add the spells to your spellbook and not fill in the dropdowns. It doesn't give more dropdowns for each level anyway.
In 2e and 3e, wizards could choose to specialize, gaining the benefit of a bonus spell slot per spell level that could only be used to prepare a spell from their specialty school. Maybe this was intended in the new 2024 rules? One could hope...
In 2e and 3e, wizards could choose to specialize, gaining the benefit of a bonus spell slot per spell level that could only be used to prepare a spell from their specialty school. Maybe this was intended in the new 2024 rules? One could hope...
No. It's bugged and arguably shouldn't be there, anyway. Just totally ignore the savant feature that shows up in the character builder and choose two extra spells for your spellbook.
Yeah I'm seeing this same bug, hopefully it gets fixed soon, makes it hard especially for new players, when I have to explain how they need to work around the buggy system.
Currently the Wizard "Savant" subclass features instead prepare the spells they're supposed to add, for free. And do not add the spells to the spell book. They should instead add the selected spells to the spell book, and not be presented as free to cast spells on the character sheet.
Still has not been fixed, however finding this board was a godsend as a fellow party member who is new was struggling in understanding her spells and why some were added twice. Its unfortunate the issue still hasn't been fixed as I feel the wizard might already be mechanically daunting to new players, and bugs like these just complicate the learning process
Still not fixed; guess it's not a priority since it has a simple workaround (don't choose anything in the X Savant drop-down; just add your choices directly to your Spellbook). Of course, last I checked, they'd gotten rid of spellbooks in the Inventory too...
Yeah, still not fixed. And what about the part that says that Wizards get add 1 more spell from their Savant school whenever they get access to another spell slot? This means that Wizards get 1 more savant spell at level 5, 7... So apparently they have not implemented this feature. Or am I dumb or suck at reading??
You are correct. They implemented the 3rd level part wrong (goes to prepared spells instead of spellbook), and the higher levels not at all. The workaround is to not choose anything in D&D Beyond, and just add spells to your spellbook at the proper intervals. It's lucky there's a simple workaround for this; there are (still) truckloads of bugs in 2024's implementation.
one day i dream of just being able to pick invocations for my warlock regardless of what edition or source book they came from. Anything that wasn't grandfathered in from tasha's or xanathar's already isn't there, so there's just a ton of missing options that i can't pick form despite owning both books. But its not like picking legacy makes it easier, its worse :( My character sheet is just a choose your own adventure book on a separate spread sheet. If both the Wizard and Warlock are bugged to shit, i can only assume theres not a single class that isn't missing tons of fun potential character choices.
Seriously, how is this STILL not fixed? Are we 100% that this isn't how it's intended to be? But even if what it did at level 3 was correct, then the higher level ones would be wrong.
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The feature "Evocation Savant" states:
Which implies to me that these are not "automatically prepared". However the character sheet I am building as a test shows these as available to cast. I added Scorching Ray for example, and it shows up on the sheet before I prepare any spells. It is not just in my spellbook. Note that it doesn't show as prepared in the spellbook either. I get an entry in my spells section of my character - tagged "Evocation Savant". If I then prepare the spell, another entry with the same spell shows up and is tagged "Wizard". Note that both entries have a CAST button, using either button expends a spell slot as expected.
So is the intent to allow the Wizard to NOT have to prepare these extra spells or not? If not the tooling is mangling the job and implying otherwise.
I second this. Those of us who play wizards need clarification on this ASAP.
I can see this also, definitely a bug
See it. Bothered by it. ;)
Not just Evocation Savant, also Illusion Savant.
All the Savant abilities are bugged this way. The best way to deal with it on the player side is to simply add the spells to your spellbook and not fill in the dropdowns. It doesn't give more dropdowns for each level anyway.
In 2e and 3e, wizards could choose to specialize, gaining the benefit of a bonus spell slot per spell level that could only be used to prepare a spell from their specialty school. Maybe this was intended in the new 2024 rules? One could hope...
No. It's bugged and arguably shouldn't be there, anyway. Just totally ignore the savant feature that shows up in the character builder and choose two extra spells for your spellbook.
Yeah I'm seeing this same bug, hopefully it gets fixed soon, makes it hard especially for new players, when I have to explain how they need to work around the buggy system.
Currently the Wizard "Savant" subclass features instead prepare the spells they're supposed to add, for free. And do not add the spells to the spell book. They should instead add the selected spells to the spell book, and not be presented as free to cast spells on the character sheet.
The problem still hasn’t been fixed!
Still not fixed btw
Still has not been fixed, however finding this board was a godsend as a fellow party member who is new was struggling in understanding her spells and why some were added twice. Its unfortunate the issue still hasn't been fixed as I feel the wizard might already be mechanically daunting to new players, and bugs like these just complicate the learning process
Not fixed and not working on the PHB issues post - at least not that I saw
Still not fixed; guess it's not a priority since it has a simple workaround (don't choose anything in the X Savant drop-down; just add your choices directly to your Spellbook). Of course, last I checked, they'd gotten rid of spellbooks in the Inventory too...
Still not fixed
Yeah, still not fixed. And what about the part that says that Wizards get add 1 more spell from their Savant school whenever they get access to another spell slot? This means that Wizards get 1 more savant spell at level 5, 7... So apparently they have not implemented this feature. Or am I dumb or suck at reading??
You are correct. They implemented the 3rd level part wrong (goes to prepared spells instead of spellbook), and the higher levels not at all. The workaround is to not choose anything in D&D Beyond, and just add spells to your spellbook at the proper intervals. It's lucky there's a simple workaround for this; there are (still) truckloads of bugs in 2024's implementation.
one day i dream of just being able to pick invocations for my warlock regardless of what edition or source book they came from. Anything that wasn't grandfathered in from tasha's or xanathar's already isn't there, so there's just a ton of missing options that i can't pick form despite owning both books. But its not like picking legacy makes it easier, its worse :( My character sheet is just a choose your own adventure book on a separate spread sheet. If both the Wizard and Warlock are bugged to shit, i can only assume theres not a single class that isn't missing tons of fun potential character choices.
Seriously, how is this STILL not fixed? Are we 100% that this isn't how it's intended to be? But even if what it did at level 3 was correct, then the higher level ones would be wrong.