A good example for this druid would be to prepare 4x 1st level (with 1 or 2 of them able ramp up to a higher level) and 3x2nd level spells. As these spells are cast, they are still "prepared", which means that even though I prepared 7 DIFFERENT spells, I could cast 1 of the 1...
By which I mean for instance that no, inflict wounds aren’t particularly more powerful than other 1st-level attack spells. Yes, it does do more damage than any of the others within the books thus far, but it’s also the one that needs the foremost risk to be taken by the caster and...