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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 7988051" data-attributes="member: 6988941"><p>You know the spell, but you must also have it prepared and be of the class you took it in to cast it. Basically although they are the same spells, if you got it off a list for a class you don't have levels in you can't cast it with spell slots.</p><p></p><p>What this means is:</p><p></p><p>Bards, Sorcerers, and Warlocks, who have all spells they know from their class prepared at all times now have one more spell they can cast with spell slots if they take Magic Initiate for their own class.</p><p></p><p>Arcane Tricksters and Eldritch Knights also have all known spells automatically prepared, but they use the Wizard list, so they can take Magic Initiate for a Wizard spell and have it known and prepared at all times.</p><p></p><p>Wizards now know the spell and so it is added to their spellbook. Unfortunately for them they still have to prepare it to use spell slots with it.</p><p></p><p>Clerics and Druids already know all the spells for their class so they get nothing.</p><p></p><p>Anyone who takes it for a class they don't have at least one level in (with the exception of Arcane Tricksters and Eldritch Knights taking Wizard), doesn't get to use their spell slots.</p><p></p><p>It would be a lot simpler if it was just yes or no, but instead it is has the most esoteric workings of all feats, which I guess fits with arcane education.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 7988051, member: 6988941"] You know the spell, but you must also have it prepared and be of the class you took it in to cast it. Basically although they are the same spells, if you got it off a list for a class you don't have levels in you can't cast it with spell slots. What this means is: Bards, Sorcerers, and Warlocks, who have all spells they know from their class prepared at all times now have one more spell they can cast with spell slots if they take Magic Initiate for their own class. Arcane Tricksters and Eldritch Knights also have all known spells automatically prepared, but they use the Wizard list, so they can take Magic Initiate for a Wizard spell and have it known and prepared at all times. Wizards now know the spell and so it is added to their spellbook. Unfortunately for them they still have to prepare it to use spell slots with it. Clerics and Druids already know all the spells for their class so they get nothing. Anyone who takes it for a class they don't have at least one level in (with the exception of Arcane Tricksters and Eldritch Knights taking Wizard), doesn't get to use their spell slots. It would be a lot simpler if it was just yes or no, but instead it is has the most esoteric workings of all feats, which I guess fits with arcane education. [/QUOTE]
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