D&D (2024) Ritual spell question

[Gorck]

Help me wrap my head around something. As far as I can tell, the only class that can cast Rituals by default is the Wizard with their Ritual Adept ability. But it specifically says they can cast Ritual spells "if . . . the spell is in your spellbook." The sidebar for copying spells into your spellbook says they need to be a level 1+ Wizard spell.

Any other class can cast Rituals with the Ritual Caster feat, which specifies you can choose a number of "level 1 spells" that have the Ritual tag.

By my count, there are 9 spells in the PHB that have the Ritual casting time that are A) not on the Wizard spell list and B) are higher than level 1:

How would these be able to be cast as Rituals? Am I misreading the Ritual Caster feat? Can it be used to cast any spells on your spell list that have the Ritual casting time, not just the ones you select with the feat (I don't read it that way, but I could be wrong)?

 

[Rabulias]

I don't have the new PHB yet, but I assume that the rules are the same as they were in 2014. If you have a ritual spell available to cast (that is, prepped), you can choose to cast it as a ritual instead of expending a spell slot. Wizards get the extra benefit of being able to cast a ritual if it is in their spellbook. They do not need to prep it.

 

[Kurotowa]

There's been a change from 2014 5e. If you look in the Spells chapter under Casting Without Slots on p235, now anyone can ritually cast a spell with the Ritual tag if they have it prepared. It's a universal trait of Ritual spells and not something you need a specific class feature to enable.

The Wizard's Ritual Adept feature is a special cheat that lets them ritually cast spells they don't have prepared, but are only scribed in their spellbook.

 

[Gorck]

There's been a change from 2014 5e. If you look in the Spells chapter under Casting Without Slots on p235, now anyone can ritually cast a spell with the Ritual tag if they have it prepared. It's a universal trait of Ritual spells and not something you need a specific class feature to enable.

The Wizard's Ritual Adept feature is a special cheat that lets them ritually cast spells they don't have prepared, but are only scribed in their spellbook.

Oh good, it was just me misreading the PHB. Or failing to properly read the PHB, rather. I knew there was something obvious I was missing.