Adding Spells to a Spell Book That You Can't Cast Yet

[Cuup]

Say a 3rd-level Wizard finds a scroll with a 4th-level spell. Can he add the spell to his spell book, even though he wouldn't be able to prepare or cast it yet?

[Wheldrake]

As long as you can succeed at the DC 15 + Spell level Spellcraft check, nothing prevents you from adding higher level spells than you can cast to your spellbook. It's all right there in the CRB.

[Da Wander]

Wheldrake wrote:

As long as you can succeed at the DC 15 + Spell level Spellcraft check, nothing prevents you from adding higher level spells than you can cast to your spellbook. It's all right there in the CRB.

well...the wizard would also need to pay the scribing cost. We missing anything else? Reading the Scroll maybe? OH! and it would need to be an Arcane spell (that was on the Wizard spell list), they wouldn't be able to scribe a 4th level Divine spell for example...

[Inspector Pendergast]

Wheldrake wrote:

As long as you can succeed at the DC 15 + Spell level Spellcraft check, nothing prevents you from adding higher level spells than you can cast to your spellbook.

^ reiterating this.

Same for Alchemists/Investigators and their formula books as well.

[shaventalz]

Da Wander wrote:

Wheldrake wrote:

As long as you can succeed at the DC 15 + Spell level Spellcraft check, nothing prevents you from adding higher level spells than you can cast to your spellbook. It's all right there in the CRB.

well...the wizard would also need to pay the scribing cost. We missing anything else? Reading the Scroll maybe? OH! and it would need to be an Arcane spell (that was on the Wizard spell list), they wouldn't be able to scribe a 4th level Divine spell for example...

Don't forget that clause (under Spellcraft) about how specialist Wizards take a -5 on checks to learn spells from their opposed schools. That might come up if you find spells that are harder to understand (higher level) in the first place.

[Cuup]

Thanks for the responses, fellas!