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Message: <blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 3656669" data-attributes="member: 7859">I would argue the line about Wizards and the general use of the feat for preparation casters is a clarification of the intent of the author.  We all know the feat is insufficiently worded in terms of rigor, and explicitly stating the limits of what it can do.  However assuming that line is not mere fluff, but an attempt to clarify the intent of the author, a "lenient interpretation" is a logical one, thorny, probably best ignored, but logical, else you are left arguing the intent of clarification was never intended when the author wrote the passage trying to clarify why a Wizard might take the feat, which is really tortured.As for the obviousness of only being able to learn spells appearing on  your own spell list...this gets somewhat muddied by the addition of latter classes like the Dread Necromancer and the Warmage.  Both of those classes have lines in their spell casting description to the effect that Spells Known =  Spell list.  Of course this differs from a Sorc that theoretically could learn a spell not on his spell list, but then be unable to cast the spell he just learned because the Sorc can only cast spells from his spell list.The feat is overall best for the Archivist class , as since all Divine spells are on the class spell list,  this feat has value for the Archivist as a way to add Druid/Ranger/Paladin spells when they may not have access to those casters.Practically speaking, I have let the feat be used by Specialist Wizards to learn a spell on their prohibited list, or to act a lesser Advanced Learning by Warmages etc...and it has been fine.</blockquote>

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