arguskos
2010-06-29, 01:11 PM
So, I noticed something recently while thinking about a current character of mine. By RAW, it seems that leveling in any class that doesn't grant you a spell/prayer book shafts you on getting new spells into your book.
Example: You are Jim, a level 5 Archivist. You level up, and you decide to take a level in, say, Divine Oracle (the PrC doesn't really matter, it just has to advance casting). Divine Oracle grants you increased spells per day (and spells known, if applicable). You, for the sake of completeness, decide to make sure you get new spells into your prayerbook this level, and you find this following line of text: "At each new class level, the archivist gains two new spells..." (emphasis mine). Now, you, being somewhat versed in what terms mean in D&D 3.5, realize that this means only Archivist Class Levels (that being what class means in this context). Now you check Divine Oracle, and see no allowances for book spells. It does have that niggly little "spells known, if applicable" clause, but then you go check a spontaneous class, like the Sorcerer, and see they have a level-based table tied to the words "spells known", and figure that clause was for spontaneous casters. You, as Jim, are now sad, and have to go buy spells instead of getting them for free.
My question to the people of the playground: is this an accurate reading? Is it a fair reading? Would you suggest a player should follow this reading, as it is how the rules seem to be intended to function?
Example: You are Jim, a level 5 Archivist. You level up, and you decide to take a level in, say, Divine Oracle (the PrC doesn't really matter, it just has to advance casting). Divine Oracle grants you increased spells per day (and spells known, if applicable). You, for the sake of completeness, decide to make sure you get new spells into your prayerbook this level, and you find this following line of text: "At each new class level, the archivist gains two new spells..." (emphasis mine). Now, you, being somewhat versed in what terms mean in D&D 3.5, realize that this means only Archivist Class Levels (that being what class means in this context). Now you check Divine Oracle, and see no allowances for book spells. It does have that niggly little "spells known, if applicable" clause, but then you go check a spontaneous class, like the Sorcerer, and see they have a level-based table tied to the words "spells known", and figure that clause was for spontaneous casters. You, as Jim, are now sad, and have to go buy spells instead of getting them for free.
My question to the people of the playground: is this an accurate reading? Is it a fair reading? Would you suggest a player should follow this reading, as it is how the rules seem to be intended to function?