Imbue with Spell ability question

[plavi]

The following spell:

Question:
The spell Imbue with spell ability (from the SRD) sais the following: "...character transfers some of the character's currently prepared spel'ls...".
And it sais: "...the character cannot prepare a new 4th-level spell to replace it until...".

Now, combining 1 and 1, I read that:
A - The caster casts the IWSA spell.
B - He then gives one or more spells of the given levels to the recepient.
C - the caster rests, and then recovers all his spells except the 4th level spell.

Strikes me as odd. How is it supposed to be played? Is this right or wrong?

Thanx for any light you can shed on this!





Imbue with Spell Ability

Evocation
Level: Clr 4, Magic 4
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: Touch
Target: Creature touched
Duration: Until discharged
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)

The character transfers some of the character's currently prepared spells, and the ability to cast them, to another creature. Only a creature with an Intelligence score of at least 5 and a Wisdom score of at least 9 can receive this bestowal. Only cleric abjurations, divinations, or conjuration (healing) spells can be transferred. The number and level of spells that the subject can be granted depends on her HD; even multiple castings of imbue with spell ability can’t exceed this limit. If the character's limit of 4th-level spells decreases, and it drops below the current number of active imbue with spell ability spells, the more recently cast imbued spells are dispelled.

HD of Spells
Recipient Imbued
--------- ------------
1–2 One 1st-level spell
3–4 Up to two 1st-level spells
5+ Up to two 1st- and one 2nd-level spell
The transferred spell’s variable characteristics (range, duration, area, etc.) function according to the character's level, not the level of the recipient.

Once the character casts imbue with spell ability on another character, the character cannot prepare a new 4th-level spell to replace it until the recipient uses the transferred spells or is slain. In the meantime, the character remains responsible to the character's deity or the character's principles for the use to which the spell is put.

To cast a spell with a verbal component, the recipient must be able to speak. To cast a spell with a somatic component, she must have humanlike hands. To cast a spell with a material component or focus, she must have the materials or focus.

 

[Zhure]

You aren't required to rest, just if you do you cannot recover that 4th level slot, nor any of the ones you imbued.

A tip: It's better to cast this from a scroll.

Greg

 

[plavi]

Aloha

You aren't required to rest,

Yes I know. Thanx anyway for setting me straight...

just if you do you cannot recover that 4th level slot

Yup, that's what it sais.

nor any of the ones you imbued

And this is what I am wondering about! I think the description of the spell is not clear on that. Logically speaking, you lose the spells you imbue somebody else with. However, the text of the spell only talks about the 4th lvl spell being lost untill all other spell levels are cast (or the receiver of the Imbue is slain of course).
So how sure are you that those 1st and 2nd level spells are also lost until cast and not just until recoverd??

Regards

 

[Hashmalum]

In 2nd Edition it didn't say anything about the 4th level spell slot being unavailable until the imbue with spell ability spell was used up, but it did mention that the spell slots of the transferred spells were unavailable.

Another question comes to mind, however: the spell description says that the lost spell slot is 4th level. Well, what about if the original spell was cast with a metamagic feat that boosted the spell level? Or what if the caster just used a higher level slot than was necessary, which is permissible in 3rd Edition?

For that matter, this has got me wondering about the anyspell and greater anyspell spells from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, which are domain spells that when cast allow the caster to prepare a wizard spell (in the 3rd level domain slot for anyspell and the 6th level domain slot for greater anyspell). What happens if these are cast from a scroll? Does the caster have to ditch domain slots anyway? And again, does the domain slot used up have to be the 3rd/6th level one?