Wizard (Prestige Class) (Midnight)

To qualify to become a wizard, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.

Skills

Knowledge (arcana) 10 ranks, Spellcraft 10 ranks.

Feats

Magecraft (hermetic), one item creation feat, one metamagic feat, and two Spellcasting feats.

Spellcasting

Must know at least 13 spells of 1st level or higher.

Class Skills

The wizard’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Profession (Wis), Speak Language (n/a), and Spellcraft (Int).

Skill Points at Each Level

2 + Int modifier.

Class Features

All of the following are features of the wizard prestige class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Wizards gain no additional proficiency with weapons or armor.

Improved Spellcasting

Wizard levels grant similar benefits as channeler levels with regards to the art of magic, bonus spells, and bonus spell energy. This means that wizard levels stack with channeler levels for the purposes of determining the highest-level spells the character can cast. A character with more channeler and wizard levels than levels in other classes adds +1 to his character level to determine the highest-level spells he can cast. Additionally, each time the character achieves a new wizard level, he gains one new spell of any level and school he can cast. A wizard can learn additional spells according to the normal rules for learning spells. Finally, the character’s maximum spell energy increases by one point for every level of wizard he gains.

Wizardcraft (Ex)

At 1st level, the wizard learns to prepare spells ahead of time to be cast later in the day. While this restricts his choice of spells compared to the normal method of casting, casting such spells is much easier: a prepared a spell costs only half the spell energy (rounded up) normally required to cast a spell of that level. This reduction applies after spell levels have been added for metamagic feats. This reduction does not stack with the reduced cost provided by spell talismans or any ability that allows spells to be cast with a reduced cost in spell energy. It can never cost less than one point of spell energy to prepare a spell, and a wizard can prepare 3 spells/class level. A wizard must rest for eight hours and spend one hour studying in order to prepare spells each day. Any spells he wishes to prepare must be studied at the beginning of the day, and the spell energy required for the spells is expended when they are prepared. This spell energy cannot be regained until the wizard gets another full night’s rest. When the wizard rests and recovers this spell energy, any uncast prepared spells are lost. When a character reaches 2nd level, he compiles a spellbook containing all of the spells that he knows. The bonus spells he gains with each wizard level are also added to his spellbook automatically. The wizard’s spellbook otherwise follows all the rules for wizards’ spellbooks presented in the core rules, including the process used to add new spells to the spellbook. Wizards must study their spellbooks each day to prepare their spells. A wizard cannot prepare any spell not recorded in his spellbook (except for read magic, which all wizards can prepare from memory).

Efficient Study (Ex)

Wizards expend less of their own energy when learning new spells through study and when creating magic items. At 2nd level, the wizard spends 10% less XP for either action. This reduction increases by 10% every three levels thereafter.

Bonus Feats

The wizard gains a bonus feat at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. The feat chosen must be either an item creation or metamagic feat.

Spellcasting

At 4th, 7th, and 10th level, the wizard gains a Spellcasting feat of his choice. A wizard who qualifies may choose Greater Spellcasting instead.