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<blockquote data-quote="Musing Mage" data-source="post: 8211319" data-attributes="member: 7025552">Going by the letter of the law, so to speak, you could possibly make a case for a Single classed wizard who has his spell slots somehow artificially increased being able to scribe and prepare a spell that is normally higher than his ability to cast.This, to my mind, would be contrary to the spirit of the rules and I personally wouldn't allow it, but if in your game you see it as logical then all the power to you.To that end, by the letter of the rules, a multiclass wizard would still be barred from preparing and scribing spells higher than they can cast as a single class, even if they have a higher level spell slot. This restriction is clearly defined.A wizard can only prepare wizard spells they have in their spell book. (PHB pg 114)A wizard can only scribe spells into their book if it is of a level they can prepare. (PHB pg 114)You prepare spells for each class individually as if you were single classed. (PHB pg 164) - which suggests that in calculating what you can prepare you would compare your spell slots of a single classed character NOT a multiclassed character. A single classed 1st level wizard has 2 first level spell slots. You don't count your actual final spell slot availability based on multiclassing for determining what can be prepared. That's covered in the next section:If you have more than one spellcasting class, and you have spell slots of a higher level than you can normally prepare, you can use those slots but only to cast your lower level spells (PHB pg 164) - this line in particular is a very clear restriction as to what the slots can be used for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Musing Mage, post: 8211319, member: 7025552"] Going by the letter of the law, so to speak, you could possibly make a case for a [U]Single classed[/U] wizard who has his spell slots somehow artificially increased being able to scribe and prepare a spell that is normally higher than his ability to cast. This, to my mind, would be contrary to the spirit of the rules and I personally wouldn't allow it, but if in your game you see it as logical then all the power to you. To that end, by the letter of the rules, a multiclass wizard would still be barred from preparing and scribing spells higher than they can cast as a single class, even if they have a higher level spell slot. This restriction is clearly defined. A wizard can only prepare wizard spells they have in their spell book. (PHB pg 114) A wizard can only scribe spells into their book if it is of a level they can prepare. (PHB pg 114) You prepare spells for each class [U]individually[/U] as if you were single classed. (PHB pg 164) - which suggests that in calculating what you can prepare you would compare your spell slots of a single classed character NOT a multiclassed character. A single classed 1st level wizard has 2 first level spell slots. You don't count your actual final spell slot availability based on multiclassing for determining what can be prepared. That's covered in the next section: If you have [U]more than one spellcasting[/U] class, and you have spell slots of a higher level than you can [U]normally prepare[/U], you can use those slots [U]but only[/U] to cast your lower level spells (PHB pg 164) - this line in particular is a very clear restriction as to what the slots can be used for. [/QUOTE]

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