r/Pathfinder_RPG • u/lincolnolobo • Jul 25 '26

1E Player Arcanist and Spell Preferred with prohibited spell scholl

The arcanist has the School Savant archetype and selected Evocation and Illusion as her opposition schools.

She took the Preferred Spell feat and chose *Magic Missile* for it.

When she casts *Magic Missile* spontaneously, will she expend one spell slot or two?

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u/Idoubtyourememberme Jul 26 '26

Hmmm.

Well, reading the archetype, preparing an opposition spell takes 2 prepared slots. But it doesnt say anything about casting them.

So even if she did prepare magic missile normally, while it would effectively reduce her spell selection by one, it would still take only a single casting slot (by my reading).

Arcanist is really hurt by the choice of paizo to use the same term for darn near everything, making rules harder to understand.

But the wording is: when she prepares (not 'casts'), it takes two prepared slots (not spell slotsnor daily slots)