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[@XanderHarris1023]

Some semantics having to do with level. Wizards get free spells every time they gain another spell slot level not class level. Theoretically this should work with multiclassing once you gain your wizard subclass.

[@d20play]

Oh yeah! for the subclass free spells.

[@fortunatus1]

Not a fan of the Abjurer. Arcane Ward and Projected Ward should be combined into one feature just as was done for the War Domain Cleric's Guided Strike/War God's Blessing in the playtest. It's using the same pool of points for the pc and others so its not a problem of power and you only have so many spell slots to repair the ward. Effectively, the Abjurer is down 1 feature. Also, Dispel Magic as a Bonus Action is not great if the Bonus Action spellcasting rule is still in the game. That's just a free cantrip, disengage, dodge, or dash. The rest of the feature is fine. In fact, the rest of the changes made to Wizard and its subclasses are good.

[@imthestein]

I would have to see what the final version is but last I saw the bonus action rule for spell casting was gone

[@d20play]

Really!? Where did you see that?

[@imthestein]

@@d20play it was early in the play test but Treantmonk pointed out the wording change. So nothing confirmed whether it made it to the final product

[@imthestein]

@@d20play I did some digging because I wanted to make sure I wasn't making anything up. The new rule interpretation comes from the fact that the magic action makes no mention of the bonus action rule. In addition, the rule only exists under the quickened spell description implying it's only intended to affect quickened spell and not the magic action in general. I've been looking at all the play tests and this remains consistent so likely to be in the final result

[@d20play]

Thanks for tracking that down! Fingers crossed!