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Curmudgeon
2007-10-15, 01:13 PM
The Sorcerer has Arcane Preparation (in Complete Arcane) to let them prepare a spell as a Wizard does. Why isn't there a Divine Preparation feat for the Favored Soul?

Closet_Skeleton
2007-10-15, 01:43 PM
The answer is simple.

Splat book classes get less support than core book classes because people would complain about needing to waste money on two splat books when they just want to use one of them.

Jack Mann
2007-10-15, 01:47 PM
Though, this has gotten to be somewhat less of a problem with recent books. Complete Mage had support for warlocks, and MIC had items for several splatbook classes.

Kurald Galain
2007-10-15, 02:07 PM
The Sorcerer has Arcane Preparation (in Complete Arcane) to let them prepare a spell as a Wizard does. Why isn't there a Divine Preparation feat for the Favored Soul?

Because, according to a poll on the WOTC forums, just about nobody plays a favored soul.

SpikeFightwicky
2007-10-15, 02:44 PM
Maybe they're not played much because they don't have their version of 'Arcane Preperation' :smallsmile:

It's a vicious cycle.

Lemur
2007-10-15, 02:55 PM
What's stopping a DM, or a player from asking the DM, from simply homebrewing the equivalent feat?

Curmudgeon
2007-10-15, 06:42 PM
What's stopping a DM, or a player from asking the DM, from simply homebrewing the equivalent feat? Nothing -- except a common pattern of only using official published WotC content. This mainly rules out abusive homebrew stuff, but also underwhelming things like a Divine Preparation feat.

Roderick_BR
2007-10-15, 07:06 PM
As a houserule, I allow any spontaneous caster to prepare spells with metamagic effects. You need to "lock" a spell with the metamagic feat, meaning that you can't use that spell for anything other than casting it (unless you "release" it when you are recovering your spells after rest).
With this variant, a sorcerer or bard can prepare his spells like a wizard, and a favored soul can prepare spells like a cleric.
For example, a favored soul can prepare a quickened divine favor as a 5th level spell. He can cast three 5th level spells, so one spell is locked on it, and he can use the other two 5th level spells for anything he wishes, including others metamagic spells. That one 5th level spell can be used as a normal prepared spell. You trade when you want to prepare a spell for extra power to keep your spell slots available.