Newbie Inquisitor rules questions

[Akaizhar]

Good morning all! I am brand new to Pathfinder and am about to build an Inquisitor. I'll put the stats etc in the Advice forum once I get these questions answered on the rules.

As I read the spell section for Inquisitor, I am somewhat confused. Do Inq's spontaneously cast whatever spells they know (with the "per day" restriction") like a Sorc, or do they choose which spells like a Cleric per day?

My Inq at first level will have 4 level 0 spells and 2 level 1 that he can cast per day. Lets say I choose Cure Light Wounds, and Shield of Faith for my 2 lvl 1 spells for that day, can I then swap out Shield of Faith for Bane the next day?

Thanks for your help everyone!

[Midnight_Angel]

The inquisitor is a spontaneous spellcaster, much akin to the Sorcerer (or Bard)... only that he uses Wis as his spellcasting stat.

This means, while you do not need to memorize your spells, you will only have a very limited spell library. If you choose CLW and Shield of Faith as your known Level 1 spells at character creation, those are all the Level 1 spells you'll know... until you gain levels and add to your repertoire.

At 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 20th level, you will be able to swap out one spell from your repertoire for another one of the same level.

[Akaizhar]

Midnight_Angel wrote:

The inquisitor is a spontaneous spellcaster, much akin to the Sorcerer (or Bard)... only that he uses Wis as his spellcasting stat.

This means, while you do not need to memorize your spells, you will only have a very limited spell library. If you choose CLW and Shield of Faith as your known Level 1 spells at character creation, those are all the Level 1 spells you'll know... until you gain levels and add to your repertoire.

At 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 20th level, you will be able to swap out one spell from your repertoire for another one of the same level.

Excellent info, thank you for explaining that to me Midnight_Angel! Much appreciated.