Headband of Intellect Question?

[Aluvial]

Does the Headband of Intellect give extra spell slots? IF so, why?

Aluvial

 

[Camarath]

Here is an thread on this topic Bonus Spells and Enhancement Bonuses

 

[dcollins]

Yes (if you're a wizard). Because your Intelligence goes up. I'll direct you to the last thread on this topic: http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=73911

Edit: Dang, beat me.

 

[Tatsukun]

Well ok, so if you are a Wizard and you have a headband of intellect you get extra spells. Cool.

But what if some evil rogue snatches the headband off your head in a fight. Do you instantly loose those spell-slots? Do you just loose the ability to refresh them?
(I am assuming you have the minimum INT to cast the spells you already have memorized with the headband).

What about a sorcerer with a CHA buffing item?

Just a thought...

-Tatsu

 

[Crothian]

A sorcerer with a Cha buffing item is treating the same as a wiozard with a Int buffing item.

If the item is removed in combat, the spells are lost the same as if the character attribute score was lowered by other means (like poison or magic).

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Well ok, so if you are a Wizard and you have a headband of intellect you get extra spells. Cool.

But what if some evil rogue snatches the headband off your head in a fight. Do you instantly loose those spell-slots? Do you just loose the ability to refresh them?
(I am assuming you have the minimum INT to cast the spells you already have memorized with the headband).

What about a sorcerer with a CHA buffing item?

I do not know if 3.5 changed, but in 3.0 I took the controversial minority opinion that one should follow the letter of the rules as written (as long as no one is playing headband swapping games). Following the best guess spirit of the rules only makes things more complicated in this case.

I would rule that you do not lose any prepped spells, but you must always stay within the limits of your spells per day when casting any spell.

That means the poor victimized wizard can cast fewer spells that day, but his spell selection may be larger than normally makes sense for someone of his present Int score. So you wizard may have two prepped 5th levels spells while only being allowed to cast one that day. Stranger still, if the wizard lost his spellbook too, he may burn every spell slot legally available for casting today and a have a couple spells still handy the next day.

My reasoning is (1) it is strictly following the rules, and (2) alternative answers require making spell slot accounting rules from whole cloth. I do not think added bookkeeping can be justified for every instance that any spellcaster steps in and out of an Antimagic Field.