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I'm currently playing a level 4 wizard in our campaign. Last session, through reasons that were both completely my own fault and totally hilarious, my wizard was cursed so that he can no longer read! This obviously presents somewhat of a problem, given that wizards rather need to be able to read in order to memorize spells, read scrolls, and generally do smart things!

I'm still not completely clear on the nature of the curse - Details will no doubt be revealed as we play out over the next couple of sessions. I'm looking for suggestions though, as to how to cope with an illiterate wizard! He retains all knowledge previously gained, but can no longer comprehend written words no matter how hard he tries - In fact, it makes him ill to attempt to do so!

I'm as yet unsure how the spells read magic and comprehend languages will affect him. In theory, i should be able to cast "read magic" in order to comprehend my spellbook, since it's the only spell that can be prepared without reading a spellbook. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that our DM may disallow this once he realizes it allows me to easily circumvent his "curse". Comprehend languages may also help, though given that it has a target of "you, personal", I'm not sure how to get it cast on me.

I'm also fairly certain this isn't a standard curse, that could be lifted with a remove curse spell.

The plus side is that I can still cast the spells I had previously memorized, as if I'd prepared them after every rest.

So I'm looking for outside-the-box suggestions as to how to play a wizard who cannot read, and therefore prepare his spells. If i can't use read magic or comprehend languages, what else can I do? Perhaps get someone to read my spellbook to me? Use my familiar to somehow read the spellbook? etc.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated! :)

Cheers!