| Ajores |
imo, I think you "need" to abuse the archivist in order to really work out those kinks, otherwise you might not be giving the other players enough credit to compensate for your abilities. While I agree that the archivist is amazing thanks to the sheer diversity of it's spell selection, it still has to take a move action and a standard like anyone else. That means it can't be both a cleric and a wizard in the same round, so that in itself should be considered balancing.
The Archivist was created in the 3.5 days, designed to coincide with a normal wizard and cleric of 3.5. Now both of these classes have a little more going on for them in pathfinder, and yet people are saying that the archivist needs powered down? Hmmm... you can powerplay just about any class, so I think you shouldn't be afraid to do the same for your archivist. Also, having to spend gold to record spells and that those spells take up space in tomes (which have limited space) are all part of the balancing act. Doesn't he have to write all divine and arcane spells in a "prayer" book?