War Mage plus Mage of the Arcane Order...

[KarinsDad]

The text of the spellpool says repeatedly that it is granting access to those spells, with some caveats (you have to have certain spell levels open, your debt cannot be too high, you have achieved sufficient level to have access to that tier of the spellpool, etc.). Granting access to me says it's, for the purpose of the next few minutes, considered part of your spell list for casting purposes and "...appears in the caster's mind at the beginning of the next turn and can can be used immediately". "...can be used immediately" is a statement of permission.

You are giving generic text the power of specific text which is not written there.


What happens if the spell caster does not have the Material Components of the spell? He cannot cast it.

Can a Cleric 10 / Wizard 3 / Mage of the Arcane Order 1 place a 3rd level Arcane spell into a 3rd level Divine spell slot and cast it from there? No. He has to use an Arcane spell slot, even though the text there does not state that (because that is the standard rule and the text does not override the standard rule).

Spell Pool gives a caster the ability to call a spell, but it does not guarantee the ability to cast it. The only spell rule modified by Spell Pool is knowledge of the spell. It does not modify anything else. If gaining the spell would break another standard rule (e.g. allowable spells, insufficient components, incorrect type of spell slot, etc.), the caster cannot cast the spell.

For spellpool to work for a given class, it has to follow all of the standard rules except for any rules that it explicitly changes. The change you are giving Spellpool is an inferred change.


And in fact, one sentence in the Spellpool description can be interpreted in such a way as to prevent spells off the caster's normal list from being cast.

A spellcaster can call only for a spell of a level that he could normally cast.

I think designer intent here is only for spells of the caster's level and lower.

But, with respect to the Cleric example above or the Warmage example, this sentence can also be interpreted (depending on which portion of the sentence that is emphasized):

Is Fly a spell that a Warmage or Cleric could normally cast at the appropriate spell level? No.