Scroll of Imbue With Spell Ability?


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Suppose I'm a Wizard (with 5th-level spells) and I obtain a scroll of Imbue With Spell Ability, using it to imbue someone with spells (that both Clerics and Wizards obtain, from the schools noted in the spell) via a successful Use Magic Device check. Imbue With Spell Ability stipulates that once cast the user "cannot prepare a new 4th-level spell to replace it until the recipient uses the imbued spells or is slain". Would this cost the Wizard a 4th-level spell slot, since the character in question did not actually use a spell slot to cast the spell?


Cool idea.

(dotting this thread awaiting more informed answers)

Grand Lodge

"You transfer some of your currently prepared spells .. Only cleric spells .. can be transferred." Since the wizard doesn't have any cleric spells prepared, the recipient gets no spells and imbue with spell ability ends immediately. The wizard might as well use the scroll to light his pipe. At least he'd get a good smoke out of it.


I think this is a no go. Even though clerics can cast say, bulls strength, when its comming out of the wizards head it is not actually a cleric spell, its a wizard spell.


If I recall in 3.0 or 3.5 there was some sort of translation for Divine spells into Arcane & vice versa. I recall something like that existing at some point at least.

Dark Archive

Darn. Thanks guys!


Pathfinder Adventure, Adventure Path, Rulebook Subscriber

okay. i am a cleric and cast this from a scroll.
does it block a spellslot now?
does it block any slots when i cast it from a wand?
does it also block the first/second level spell slots that i granted the spells from?


Winterschuh wrote:

okay. i am a cleric and cast this from a scroll.

does it block a spellslot now?
does it block any slots when i cast it from a wand?
does it also block the first/second level spell slots that i granted the spells from?

Yes the slot is block.

Wands don't use slots so it would not. I wish I had thought of that though. I might have to check to see if it is rules legal.

If you cast directly from the caster to your buddy then the caster loses access to that spell and that slot from my reading of it.

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