Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Preparing a Spell In a Slot Is Wrong

I prepared Cure Wounds by clicking on the spell in a 2nd level slot and it disabled Cure Wounds in the 1st level slot.

Casters should simply prepare spells without regard to slots. Cure Wounds, if prepared, should be available from 1st level slots and any higher slot.

A more straightforward UI would just have a list of know spells from which the player indicates which are prepared. Slots are irrelevant for preparation.

The same UI should also indicate spells that are always prepared (i.e. due to subclass) separately so the player understands why those don't need to be prepared.

The existing UI is confusing even for someone who knows 5e.

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Example : Domain spells could be on a separate row of the said spellbook UI.
I am certain they are working on this. To be followed.

This seems to be how it works to me. If I prepare cure wounds on my wizard, I can cast it as first or second level.

Understood, but I suspect you clicked the 1st level Cure Wounds. That works fine.

But, the UI will allow you to prepare it by clicking the 2nd level slot. That removes it from the 1st level slot. But, more to the point, makes no sense in terms of how spells are prepared.

They've done it for Create Water being available at higher levels so is likely on the list

I can have Cure wounds down twice (one Cure Wounds and the other has a II next to it showing 2nd level) and I just add them both to my bar.

The way Larian have it currently working is this:

Spells which have an upcast capacity appear in every spell level. If you have memorized it at 1st level a cure wounds will show up at 2nd/3rd etc.

Spells which are upcast versions have the roman numerals in the bottom right corner to denote this. So Cure wounds at 2nd level is the same as 1st, but has roman numerals showing on it. Prayer of Healing, only available from 2nd, shows up without them.

If you went to learn cure wounds 2nd level after having already learned it at 1st, you are turning it off for both because it's the same spell and linked correctly.
I don't disagree that it is confusing, but once you learn it it's very straightforward - just look for the roman numerals (the I II III IV etc) on the icon to realise that is a 'free' button, since the spell still only counts as being 1 memorization for the 2 buttons).

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The way it is done now brings me not so good memories about preparing spells in 3.5, when you had to choose how many casts of one spell did you wanted. When you select a spell, you should be able to choose in which level do you want to cast it. Maybe just clicking one of the rectangles that displays your number of slots, to select the level, and then select the spell.

And the tool bar for spells and abilities feels really tiny. Having to cycle between different ones is not something that I find enjoyable.



The problem here arise in that, if I'm not mistaken, that 2nd level Cure Wounds still counts against the number of spells you can prepare. That way, you are limiting your spell selection just to have Cure Wounds at both first and second level, taking two slots when it should only take one. Maybe I'm mistaken, didn't messed a lot with it. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me.

That shouldn't be happening. Spells are prepared individually. As the PHB states:

So Cure Wounds would be only one prepared spell. Otherwise no one would take Burning Hands once they reached level 12 or so.