Talk:Arcanist

Flexible spellcaster archetype

PF2e book Secrets of Magic page 208, the flexible spellcaster archetype. In 2e as of SoM, arcanists are wizards: Arcanists are a.k.a. "flexible spellcasting wizards". At the top of the arcanist article we should add a "See also:" or "2e version: Flexible spellcaster" link, and we should create a flexible spellcaster article with SoM's lore on flexible spellcasting wizards, flexible spellcasting clerics, flexible spellcasting druids, and flexible spellcasting witches. — Descriptivist, 7 August 2024

SoM 208 refers to arcanist as "the more generic term for arcane spellcasters", so I've edited the disambiguation line on this article to align with that. "Arcanist" is also used in a few Pathfinder Tales books and a Tales of Lost Omens story to refer to both arcane spellcasters and magic-item users, particularly regarding Alaeron in City of the Fallen Sky and the Tales of Lost Omens story "When it Rains".

I'd initially added a flexible spellcasting preparation link in Template:Magic navbox after an initial survey of SoM subjects for future expansion, but commented it out because it didn't look like much more than an optional mechanic. I've un-commented that link. -Oznogon (talk) 14:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)