Archivist-class from 'Heroes Of Horror'


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I've got a question regarding the Archivist-class. In the description of the prayer book it is mentioned that the archivist is able to copy spell from other classes that use divine magic (cleric, paladin, druid, ranger etc.), but it isn't mentioned which level the spell will have for the archivist.
If the archivist is able to cast 3rd level spells and he attempts to copy a 3rd level cleric spell into his praybook, will it be treated as an 3rd level spell for the archivist?
I couldn't find notes on copying spells from "foreign" scources in any of my rule books. Is something written about this in DMG II or PHB II? I don't own these books yet...


Short version: yes

Long Version: yes. It's much like a wizard copying spells into their spellbook. A 3rd level wizard or sorcerer spell would be 3rd level for the wizard. The same way goes the archivist because they're like a divine wizard.


Randy's right on this one.

Also, in situations where a spell is on multiple lists with different spell levels, use the 'cleric' version to determine what level spell it is for the Archivist. For divine spells that aren't cleric spells at all, use the version with the highest spell level. After all, the Archivist as access to 9th level spells, so there's no reason for all these other spells to be 4th level or lower.

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