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If you could, that'd be amazing. I want a character that's healing, but can also dish out damage during an attack. *iz really attached to healing* I know you can replace your domain spell with an unprepared cure spell... but I like the other spells in the healing domain as well.

well, i'm more worried about the spells per day thingthen the bonus spells. cause i got the impression that i'd be able to cast more if a certain stat was high enough then the normally alloted usages, or something

okay...now i'm REALLY confused....

So I actually found a God that I think would be well suited for what I want. It was kinda random, cause I was doing my AnthSoc homework when I found it.

And then I found a website for it, translated into DnD and it was perfect. The only thing I'm unsure of is what her weapon would be. Since that's one of the cool things about the War domain, is that you can get a kickass weapon as long as your deity used it. *nod*

So the site I found said something like:
Sekhmet
Domains: Destruction, Healing, Fire, War (there are lots of Egyptian gods with War domains...)
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Symbols: Lioness, Solar disc
Priestly garb: animal skins dyed red

But she needs a weapon.

EDIT: What's even WEIRDER is that I found a *current* website that's about this temple dedicated to Sekhmet out in the middle of the Nevada desert or something. How freaking weird is this?

Oooh.... that's attractive as well. What sort of benefits do you get by having a god? o.o

And I think I might just use Sekhmet if I can find a good weapon that she'd use. So far I just see arrows but I hope to find something else. lol

PM me a copy of the character sheet and i'll post it. And some custom stuff is allowed, just not custom deities. We're maintaining the integrity of the campaign world while allowing creativity; it's a delicate balance.

Our GMs need to get a game running. Don't make me roll up my sleeves and do it! I swear i'll pull this car over and run something! domokun

Unlike most modern RPGs, Wizards, clerics, and druids (basically everyone except sorcerers and non-core classes) don't have MP. Instead, when they wake up, they must memorize the spells that they have for the day. In other words, you pick what spells you have prepared at the beginning of the day, not on the fly. You can then cast those spells for the day. Once you cast the spell, however, you can't cast it again, unless you memorized it more than once (don't try to make sense of that part. Just roll with it). Thus, if you memorize sleep twice and magic missile once, you can cast sleep twice in a day and MM once. You can't cast Magic missile twice, though, because you didn't memorize it like that at the beginning of the day.

Sorcerers and bards break this mold, as they know a much lower number of spells to use than a wizard does (who can have any spell in the game written in their spellbook), but are able to cast them without having to choose or prepare in advance in the same way other spellcasters must.

Now then, the broader question was how many spells you can cast. This is, most of the time, determined by two things: Your class level (or equivalent) and the relevant statistic (Int for Wizards, Cha for Sorcerers and bards, Wis for Clerics and Druids). The first thing to keep in mind is that, in order to even think about casting a spell, you need to have the relevant stat equal to or higher than the level of the spell +10. In other words, to cast 4th level spells, any spellcaster would need their related stat to be at least 14. Even then, they can't cast it until they get to a certain level.

based on a chart in the beginning of the Player's Handbook, when your stat for spellcasting is high enough, all spellcasting classes get extra spells. For Wizards and their ilk, this translates out to extra spells that they can memorize to cast each day. For sorcerers and bards, this means they get an increase to the number of spells per day, but as usual, they don't need to prepare them ahead of time. It does not change the number of spells they learn, just how many times they can cast them. The higher the stat becomes (without modifiers from items or anything. I mean the base stat), the more you become able to cast. This then adds to the normal number of spells per day, found in the entry for your class in the Player's Handbook.

Now, it is important to note that, even if your stat is high enough to get bonus spells from a higher spell level, you *cannot* cast spells of higher level than the class normally allows. For example, a 1st level Wizard with an INT of 18 would be able to cast three 0th level spells and two 1st level spells per day. They would *NOT* be able to cast 2nd, 3rd, or 4th level spells until 3rd level, 5th level, and 7th level, respectively. When they get to those levels, they will receive an extra spell per day from their higher INT score, but until then, they can't use them.

That clear up your questions?

hrmm -looks around-...so when is the first adventure going to start? sweatdrop

I dunno I guess I'm just anxious...plus for those confused I know I find it easier to learn by doing it rather then hearing about it sweatdrop sweatdrop

so yeah... burning_eyes cheese_whine