I am new and chose wizard to be my first character. I generally know how most things work in dnd, but this confused me.
I had assumed you had to prepare spells at long rest but when I was reading rules I saw this. “Preparing a new list of wizard spells requires time spent studying your spellbook and memorizing the incantations and gestures you must make to cast the spell: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.”. Is this literal or just ‘flavor’ text to describe what is happening during the long rest.
Can I just sit in the corner of a room with my spell book for 2 minutes and prepare ‘Locate Object’? If I can, would I need to leave an empty preparation slot after my last long rest, or can I unprepare a spell midday?
Secondary Q. I am Order of the Scribe, so I can learn spells quickly (2 minutes per spell). Could I instantly prepare new spells since I JUST learned them, or do I have to wait for next long rest? (This question is nullified if the the first one works)
Thank you and sorry if this sounds nooby. I just thought the wording was vague
Don't apologize for asking something like this. And it's your first character, it makes sense that you have questions like this. <3
You can only prepare your spells when you finish a long rest. Like, right after you finish it. You can't do it midday.
What do you mean with "learn spells"? Wizards don't actually do that (except for cantrips). They add spells to their spellbook. Once they're added, you can then prepare them as usual. So you can add spells to your spellbook, but that doesn't mean they're immediately prepared. You need a long rest for that.
I am new and chose wizard to be my first character. I generally know how most things work in dnd, but this confused me.
I had assumed you had to prepare spells at long rest but when I was reading rules I saw this. “Preparing a new list of wizard spells requires time spent studying your spellbook and memorizing the incantations and gestures you must make to cast the spell: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.”. Is this literal or just ‘flavor’ text to describe what is happening during the long rest.
Can I just sit in the corner of a room with my spell book for 2 minutes and prepare ‘Locate Object’? If I can, would I need to leave an empty preparation slot after my last long rest, or can I unprepare a spell midday?
Secondary Q. I am Order of the Scribe, so I can learn spells quickly (2 minutes per spell). Could I instantly prepare new spells since I JUST learned them, or do I have to wait for next long rest? (This question is nullified if the the first one works)
Thank you and sorry if this sounds nooby. I just thought the wording was vague
Don't apologize for asking something like this. And it's your first character, it makes sense that you have questions like this. <3
You can only prepare your spells when you finish a long rest. Like, right after you finish it. You can't do it midday.
What do you mean with "learn spells"? Wizards don't actually do that (except for cantrips). They add spells to their spellbook. Once they're added, you can then prepare them as usual. So you can add spells to your spellbook, but that doesn't mean they're immediately prepared. You need a long rest for that.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for clearing this up. This is how I assumed it worked. The "1 minutes per spell level" bit confused me, but I suppose that's just flavor. TY
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I think they removed the "minutes per level" thing in the 2024 PHB, so yeah, it was probably just flavor.
They did. In my experience no one ever paid attention to that anyway.