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<blockquote data-quote="Ashtagon" data-source="post: 5149609" data-attributes="member: 72335">Yes, he loses one level of sorcerer casting. Sorcerer is still a tier 1 class, way ahead of anything except cleric and sorcerer, which means even with a one-level drop in his primary casting class, he is ahead of the curve.In exchange, he gets not just a single 3rd level spell (which he'd get anyway come the following level-up), but as many 1st level spells as he cares to scribe.To a large extent, the value does actually depend on how generous the DM is in allowing him to find or buy a variety of spells to take advantage of this feature. But in a typical high-magic campaign, 1st level scrolls are ten a penny. I'm willing to bet there are at least five different utility 1st level spells that a party would want often enough to appreciate being able to scribe at will.To be fair, the OP did later note that it is a low-magic campaign, with no magic shops. This doesn't change the basic usefulness, although the player would be well-advised to ask about whether they will b e able to find enough scrolls to transcribe into his books to make taking a level of wizard for this purpose worthwhile.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ashtagon, post: 5149609, member: 72335"] Yes, he loses one level of sorcerer casting. Sorcerer is still a tier 1 class, way ahead of anything except cleric and sorcerer, which means even with a one-level drop in his primary casting class, he is ahead of the curve. In exchange, he gets not just a single 3rd level spell (which he'd get anyway come the following level-up), but as many 1st level spells as he cares to scribe. To a large extent, the value does actually depend on how generous the DM is in allowing him to find or buy a variety of spells to take advantage of this feature. But in a typical high-magic campaign, 1st level scrolls are ten a penny. I'm willing to bet there are at least five different utility 1st level spells that a party would want often enough to appreciate being able to scribe at will. To be fair, the OP did later note that it is a low-magic campaign, with no magic shops. This doesn't change the basic usefulness, although the player would be well-advised to ask about whether they will b e able to find enough scrolls to transcribe into his books to make taking a level of wizard for this purpose worthwhile. [/QUOTE]

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