Sorcerer casting from a spell book, How?

[Mathius]

I have seen it said that somehow a sorc can use a spellbook. What is that referring to?

[Nohwear]

Do you remember where you saw this?

[Azten]

Sorcerers can learn spells from spellbooks if they have spells known left. It's a way to learn "rare" spells instead of just leveling up and suddenly knowing it. Of course, that means "rare spells" have to be a thing in the game being ran, but it's there.

[Ferious Thune]

There's also the Mnemonic Vestment, which lets you cast a spell once a day from a written source (like a spellbook or a scroll) using one of your own spell slots, and without consuming the source.

[Tursic]

If the book is made of pages of spell knowledge that would work.

[Jaxom Dragonheart]

There is the feat Versatile Spontaneity. It allows a spontaneous caster to memorize one spell a day from a spellbook or a scroll.

[Mathius]

That feat would do it.

Thanks.

[Gisher]

I am curious why you want to do this. Applying metamagic without needing a full-round action to cast?

[Ferious Thune]

It expands the number of spells available to you. Since you don't have to have the spell as a known spell, it can be anything on the Sorcerer list. So, for example, if you don't need Teleport every day, you could memorize it from a spellbook or cast it using a Mnemonic Vestment on the days that you do need it. That way you don't have to burn a scroll, and you don't have to waste one of your limited spells known on a situational spell.

Having a Mnemonic Vestment and a Ring of Spell Knowledge greatly increased my Sorcerer's ability to be a utility caster. I'd forgotten about Versatile Spontaneity, but that's a good option as well.

[Gisher]

Ferious Thune wrote:

It expands the number of spells available to you. Since you don't have to have the spell as a known spell, it can be anything on the Sorcerer list. So, for example, if you don't need Teleport every day, you could memorize it from a spellbook or cast it using a Mnemonic Vestment on the days that you do need it. That way you don't have to burn a scroll, and you don't have to waste one of your limited spells known on a situational spell.

Having a Mnemonic Vestment and a Ring of Spell Knowledge greatly increased my Sorcerer's ability to be a utility caster. I'd forgotten about Versatile Spontaneity, but that's a good option as well.

Gotcha. It's the flexibility.