I'm curious as to what level the spells the witchguard gains are at? does he gain them all at once and can cast them if prepared normally? What about spells that don't fall onto the ranger spell list? Are they cast at his current level? Or are they added as a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th level spell to his list, in the order they appear?
I'm somewhat new to PF and want to wrap my head around this as I want to play this archetype.
Quoted for context.
Patron (Su)
A witchguard learns something of arcane magic from the witches he defends. At 4th level, when a witchguard gains the ability to cast spells, he must also select a patron, as the witch class feature. This patron is usually the same as the patron of the witch he is sworn to protect, but the witchguard may choose any patron. The witchguard adds the first four spells from his patron’s spell list to his ranger spell list. The witchguard cannot cast patron spells of a level he is unable to cast.
