So, I am presently playing an elven wizard who has just multi-classed into Pathfinder Savant from Seekers of Secrets. One of the abilities of this class lets them borrow from other spell lists.
Seekers of Secrets wrote:
Esoteric Magic (Ex): At each class level beyond 1st, the Pathfinder savant chooses a spell from any class’s spell list and thereafter treats it as if it were on the spell list of his base spellcasting classes; if his base class could not normally cast that spell, it is treated as 1 level higher. The spell’s type (arcane or divine) and save DCs function as normal for his base spellcasting class. All other restrictions of his normal spellcasting class apply. This ability does not allow other spellcasters to prepare, cast, or use spell trigger or spell completion items of esoteric spells (such as a sorcerer using a cure light wounds scroll).
This is mostly pretty clear, and I can think of a few spells I might want to take from the other lists (Good Hope for example, may still be worth it as a 4th level wizard spell)
While the ability seems very clear as to spells you could not normally cast, I am curious as to the spells that some classes have access to as lower level spells, but are still on the wizard list (the Summoner has Haste and Slow as 2nd level spells for example).
On one hand, it seems like it might be all right, as I can only choose 6 of these Esoteric spells across 7 levels, but on the other hand, the line 'All other restrictions of his normal spellcasting class apply.' might imply that the standard spell levels of the wizard class might be enforced (eg. I could take Haste, but only as a 3rd level spell, which makes it a poor choice for this limited ability).
I searched, but could not find an appropriate discussion on this ability elsewhere. Any thoughts, precedents, or previous rulings on this?
