[RPG] How to make a wizard who doesn’t need a spellbook

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I know what you're thinking: "Dude, just play a Sorcerer". Well, I ask this question because of two main reasons. Wizards get some extra spells for specializing, and my DM says sorcerers are rare.

I was making a Wizard whom specialized in Illusions and didn't want the hassle of keeping the book around to read and study because if it's lost/stolen/burned and I'm out of spells…

So is there a way to do both the specialization and get rid of the spellbook? Or am I going to have to just justify Sorcerer?

Most of the books are available to me so if you reference a book I can look for it. If I don't have the book or it's in Dragon like all the good stuff is I can look it up.

Best Answer

The Eidetic Spellcaster ACF (Dragon vol. 357 pg. 89) replaces a Wizard’s familiar and Scribe Scroll with the ability to memorize and prepare spells without a spellbook. This works, as I recall, exactly like doing things with a spellbook, the spellbook is just in your head.

Otherwise it’s Spell Mastery, or things like the Archmage’s Spell-like Ability High Arcana.

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