Class Features

Spellcasting

As a student of Arcane Magic, you have a Spellbook containing Spells that show the first glimmerings of your true power. At 1st Level, you know four Cantrips of your choice from the Wizard spell list. You learn additional Cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Augurer table.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Augurer table shows how many Spell Slots you have to cast your Spells of 1st Level and higher. To cast one of these Spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended Spell Slots when you finish a Long Rest. You prepare the list of spells that are available for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of Wizard Spells from your Spellbook equal to your Intelligence modifier + your Augurer level (minimum of one spell). The Spells must be of a level for which you have Spell Slots. For example, if you're a 3rd-level Augurer, you have five 1st-level and two 2nd-level Spell Slots. With an Intelligence modifier of +3, your list of prepared Spells can include six Spells of 1st or 2nd Level, in any combination, chosen from your Spellbook. If you prepare the 1st-level spell Magic Missile, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared Spells. You can change your list of prepared Spells when you finish a Long Rest. Preparing a new list of Wizard Spells requires time spent studying your Spellbook for you to memorize the incantations and gestures you must make to cast the spell: at least 1 minute per Spell Level for each spell on your list. Once you level up, you must spend a long-rest, studying your Spellbook to be able to cast your new spells for that level.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your Spellcasting Ability for your Wizard Spells, since you learn your Spells through dedicated study and memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your Spellcasting Ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Wizard spell you cast and when Making an Attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Intelligence modifier
Spell Attack modifier = your Proficiency Bonus + your Intelligence modifier

Learning Spells

Each time you gain a Wizard level, you can learn and add two Wizard Spells of your choice to your Spellbook. Each of these Spells must be of a level for which you have Spell Slots, as shown on the Wizard table. On your Adventures, you might find other Spells that you can add to your Spellbook (see “Your Spellbook”). Copying a spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook, if needed, using your own notation. For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and 1/8 bottle of notation ink.

Ritual Casting

You can cast a Wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your Spellbook. You don't need to have the spell prepared.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus as a Spellcasting focus for your Wizard Spells.

Your Spellbook

The Spells that you add to your Spellbook as you gain levels reflect the arcane Research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the Nature of the multiverse. You might find other Spells during your Adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient Library.

Replacing the Book: You can copy a spell from your own Spellbook into another book—for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your Spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your Spellbook, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need to spend only 1 hour and ¼ bottle of notation ink for each level of the copied spell.

If you lose your Spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the Spells that you have prepared into a new Spellbook. Filling out the remainder of your Spellbook requires you to find new Spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many wizards keep backup spellbooks in a safe place.

The Book’s Appearance: Your Spellbook is a unique compilation of Spells, with its own decorative flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift from your Master, a finely bound gilt-­edged tome you found in an ancient Library, or even a loose collection of notes scrounged together after you lost your previous Spellbook in a mishap.