Wizard Divination Spells

[Crexis]

I believe as a wizard who takes the arcane school Divination as its specialization I have to take at least 1 divination spell per level. Right?

I'm having a difficult time deciding on a level 2 or level 7 for which is divination.

Can I get any recommendations on those 2 levels? And correct me if I'm wrong that I must take a divination spell AND MEMORIZE 1 per level at the start of each day?

[Isaac Zephyr]

Level 2 I found "Anticipate Thoughts" from Occult Adventures was an excellent choice. +2 to AC vs a target, among other benefits. Though Detect Thoughts can also be good for scanning ahead into rooms in prep for your team.

For level 7, my wizard has not made it that far for me to have dug deep into spells (currently been looking at level 4 spells).

And yes, you get 1 bonus slot per available spell level that must be used for a spell of your chosen school. In our cases, divination.

EDIT: Upon a quick look, Scrying Greater, Insect Spies Greater and Arcane Sight Greater seemed nice for level 7. That or metamagic from an earlier level spell. Possibly a quickened level 3 to use as a swift action.

[Crexis]

I think I might have misunderstood the '1 bonus slot per level' for divination school.

Example:

I'm level 7 Wizard specializing in Divination with an 18 INT. It states the spells I get per day as:

Level 1: 4
Level 2: 3
Level 3: 2
Level 4: 1

For 18 INT I get bonuses per level as follows:

1 Spell for all levels 1 to 4. So total Spells with these combined are:

Level 1: 5
Level 2: 4
Level 3: 3
Level 4: 2

Amongst those spells I must choose 1 slot per level as divination.

The question is, do I get 1 bonus spell per level of divination school ON TOP of these spells shown above? I'm new to the wizard.

[avr]

Yes, you do 'get 1 bonus spell per level of divination school ON TOP of these spells shown above'.

[Isaac Zephyr]

Crexis wrote:

I think I might have misunderstood the '1 bonus slot per level' for divination school.

Example:

I'm level 7 Wizard specializing in Divination with an 18 INT. It states the spells I get per day as:

Level 1: 4
Level 2: 3
Level 3: 2
Level 4: 1

For 18 INT I get bonuses per level as follows:

1 Spell for all levels 1 to 4. So total Spells with these combined are:

Level 1: 5
Level 2: 4
Level 3: 3
Level 4: 2

Amongst those spells I must choose 1 slot per level as divination.

The question is, do I get 1 bonus spell per level of divination school ON TOP of these spells shown above? I'm new to the wizard.

Yes. For 1st level spells (rather than breaking down every level), you have a base of 4, plus one bonus from your 18 Int, plus one bonus that can only be a spell of your chosen school, so 6 total.

[Crexis]

Oh wow that's awesome.

For free spells to add to my spell book per level the rules say I get to choose 2. I assume that is inclusive of divination spells and I don't get an extra spell into the book for the specialization school. (i.e 3 spells at a new level into the spell book for free)

[Isaac Zephyr]

Crexis wrote:

Oh wow that's awesome.

For free spells to add to my spell book per level the rules say I get to choose 2. I assume that is inclusive of divination spells and I don't get an extra spell into the book for the specialization school. (i.e 3 spells at a new level into the spell book for free)

That is correct. Just 2 free learned spells per level. You can purchase others with no limit, except the pages in you spellbook. And you can always buy a 2nd spellbook.