D&D General Is this use of a wizard's spellbook accurate?

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and wondered if it was accurate about using the spellbook?

 

[James Gasik]

No, since a Wizard can only copy spells that they can prepare:

Copying a Spell into the Book.When you find a level 1+ Wizard spell, you can copy it into your spellbook if it’s of a level you can prepare and if you have time to copy it. For each level of the spell, the transcription takes 2 hours and costs 50 GP. Afterward you can prepare the spell like the other spells in your spellbook.

The multiclass casting rules state you always prepare spells as if single classed in that class. So a sorcerer 2/ wizard 1 can only prepare 1st level wizard spells. Thus scribing in the spellbook is only level 1.

 

[TigerDude]

What a train wreck. No. I'm not even quoting rules on this it's so wrong. The table says what level spells you can cast, and for wizards that also means the spells you can copy into your spellbook. My guess it this is AI created slop that will now poison future AI slop articles.

 

[touc]

Article Argument: by taking only 1 level in wizard, you learn & cast every wizard spell, using scrolls to add spells.

Answer: No. On p44 (PHB 2024), it specifically says you "prepare" spells as if you were a "single-class" wizard of that level. So, you'll be limited always to only preparing 1st level wizard spells, no matter your available spell slots.

On p45, it notes your spell slots may be higher than what you can prepare. You might even get to a point that you have, for example, 3rd level slots and no class that can cast 3rd level spells. Whether multi-classing or not, you can always slot in a lower-level spell into a higher spell slot. Sometimes this boosts the spell, sometimes it won't. In this instance, you can slot in a 1st level spell, for example, to cast in that higher slot (e.g. boost burning hands to deal more damage) but you'll never be able to cast a wizard's fireball.

I don't see any authority that supports the author's claim that "scrolls" let you bypass the rules. That's nonsense.

 

[Amrûnril]

This claim is incorrect under both the 2014 and 2024 rules. It does, however, reflect how multiclassing works in Baldur's Gate 3, so either an author is incorrectly extrapolating into the tabletop game or an LLM is repeating language from BG3 guides.

 

[GMMichael]

This claim is incorrect under both the 2014 and 2024 rules. It does, however, reflect how multiclassing works in Baldur's Gate 3, so either an author is incorrectly extrapolating into the tabletop game or an LLM is repeating language from BG3 guides.

Or baiting for clicks.

But then, do whatever works for your table. Top.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Whether AI slop, human made slop, or something in between, it is intrinsically infuriating to see someone speak this authoritatively at length based on such an elementary misunderstanding.

 

[Distracted DM]

Whether AI slop, human made slop, or something in between, it is intrinsically infuriating to see someone speak this authoritatively at length based on such an elementary misunderstanding.

My instinct was also to say that AI had something to do with it, buuut to be fair we've had things like "this cantrip is better than 5th level spells!" clickbait videos before AI. So human slop is equally likely :'D

 

[Charlaquin]

This claim is incorrect under both the 2014 and 2024 rules. It does, however, reflect how multiclassing works in Baldur's Gate 3, so either an author is incorrectly extrapolating into the tabletop game or an LLM is repeating language from BG3 guides.

Yeah, regardless of whether it was a human or a machine that produced this article, it seems very likely to be based on assuming the tabletop game works the same way BG3 does.

 

[Seramus]

I don't even see a way to leave feedback or make a comment.