MindBlade(Magus) question

[Tormad]

I am not sure I understand the wording on Psychic access very well. Pretty straight forward question. It says:

Psychic Access:

Psychic Access (Su): At 4th level, the mindblade gains
access to an expanded spell list. She adds two spells
from the psychic class spell list to her magus spell list
as magus spells of the same spell level. These must be
spells of levels the mindblade is able to cast. At 7th, 11th,
14th, and 19th levels, she adds two more psychic class
spells to her spell list, following the same restrictions.
When a mindblade takes the spell blending arcana, she
gains spells from the psychic class spell list instead of
the wizard spell list.
This ability replaces spell recall, knowledge pool,
improved spell recall, greater spell combat, and greater
spell access.

So do these spells get put on my list of spells I know, or on the list of spells I CAN POTENTIALLY know?

Thanks in advanced.

[Tormad]

Second question, does the Mindblade still count as an arcane caster or is psychic casting something else?

Specific case, would I still qualify for arcane strike?

[Mighty Squash]

It says spell list, so spell list is all it is. If you want to learn the spells you have to do so separately through your spells known.

And to your second question, "A mindblade casts spells from the magus spell list as psychic spells." You are now a psychic caster, not an arcane caster. So you do not qualify for arcane strike.

[Tormad]

Mighty Squash wrote:

It says spell list, so spell list is all it is. If you want to learn the spells you have to do so separately through your spells known.

And to your second question, "A mindblade casts spells from the magus spell list as psychic spells." You are now a psychic caster, not an arcane caster. So you do not qualify for arcane strike.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Gamerskum]

does that also mean they no longer suffer arcane spell failure?

[Milo v3]

Gamerskum wrote:

does that also mean they no longer suffer arcane spell failure?

Yes. As only arcane spellcasters have arcane spell failure.

[Johnny_Devo]

Oh shoot. Psychic access is now a lot less strong than I thought it was.

[VampByDay]

Johnny_Devo wrote:

Oh shoot. Psychic access is now a lot less strong than I thought it was.

Two things:

As a psychic caster, most of your spells will now have thought components. This means that concentration DCs are increased by 10. You can cast in silence, but if you want to cast defensivly with spell combat, that's a +10 to your concentration DC. DC25 to arcane mark-strike.

Second: The psychic spells you add to your spell list are now 'On your spell list.' You now have access to them, even if you don't actually know them. This means: You can use wands, staves, and scrolls of them without a UMD check.(just like a bard without CLW can still use a CLW wand.)