Alchemists and a Wizard's Spellbook

[David C Smith]

I am currently running a campaign where the party consists of an alchemist and a wizards PC. The alchemist keeps insisting that he can copy any of the wizards spells into his formulae book because of the following quote form page 28 of the APG "An alchemist can study a wizard's spellbook to learn any formula that is equivalent to a spell the spellbook contains."
I have tried to explain to the player that the spell must still appear on his alchemist formulae list in order to copy and use it, but he insists that I am incorrect. Allowing the alchemist to use any wizard spell would make the alchemist extremely powerful.
Am I correct in my assumption that only spells on his formulae list may be copied?

Thanks,

David C Smith
The Hobby Locker

[0gre]

You are right, alchemists are limited to their own formula list.

[wraithstrike]

David Smith 559 wrote:

I am currently running a campaign where the party consists of an alchemist and a wizards PC. The alchemist keeps insisting that he can copy any of the wizards spells into his formulae book because of the following quote form page 28 of the APG "An alchemist can study a wizard's spellbook to learn any formula that is equivalent to a spell the spellbook contains."

I have tried to explain to the player that the spell must still appear on his alchemist formulae list in order to copy and use it, but he insists that I am incorrect. Allowing the alchemist to use any wizard spell would make the alchemist extremely powerful.
Am I correct in my assumption that only spells on his formulae list may be copied?

Thanks,

David C Smith
The Hobby Locker

Tell him that bolded area means the formula has to duplicate the wizard spell in question.