Ability Requirements:Varies Prime Requisite:Intelligence Races Allowed:Varies
Wizards who concentrate their efforts in one school of magic are
known as specialist wizards. Generally, a specialist wizard must
give up some degree of versatility in spell selection — he cannot
learn or cast spells belonging to schools that oppose his own
chosen school. The specialist also has several other benefits
and restrictions; unless otherwise stated, all specialists must
abide by the benefits and hindrances described below:
Specialist wizards may memorize one additional spell per spell
level, provided the spell selected belongs to the specialist’s
school. Under this rule, a 1st-level specialist may have two spells
memorized instead of only one.
Specialists gain a bonus of +1 when making saving throws against
spells of their own school. Specialists also inflict a –1 penalty
to their victims’ saving throw attempts when casting a spell of
their specialty school.
Specialist wizards gain a bonus of +15% when learning spells from
their school, but suffer a penalty of –15% when learning spells
from any other school. Specialists cannot learn spells belonging
to an opposition school.
When a specialist reaches a new level, he automatically gains
one spell of his school to add to his spellbook. No roll for learning
the spell need be made.
When a specialist wizard attempts to create a new spell through
research, the spell is treated as if it were one level lower if
it falls within the wizard’s specialty school.
