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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7814042" data-attributes="member: 29398">1e DMG p. 39 - &quot;Spells beyond those at start&quot; - &quot;... To those acquired, the magic-user will add 1 (and ONLY 1) spell when he or she actually gains an experience level. ...&quot; - I knew this was in there somewhere. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As for the one-shot-only bit, that only applies to the initial by-level roll-through and not to spells found later on scrolls or in captured spellbooks etc.So, if during the initial roll-through of 1st-level spells you blew Sleep (or had reached your minimum before even getting to spells starting with 'S') you couldn't learn it then - but if you found it on a scroll later and still had headroom below the max allowable you could copy it into your book and learn it, if the dice were willing.It's not the clearest of explanations (not unusual for 1e!), but it's in the PH p. 10 under &quot;Intelligence&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7814042, member: 29398"] 1e DMG p. 39 - "Spells beyond those at start" - "... To those acquired, the magic-user will add 1 (and ONLY 1) spell when he or she actually gains an experience level. ..." - I knew this was in there somewhere. :) As for the one-shot-only bit, that only applies to the initial by-level roll-through and not to spells found later on scrolls or in captured spellbooks etc. So, if during the initial roll-through of 1st-level spells you blew Sleep (or had reached your minimum before even getting to spells starting with 'S') you couldn't learn it then - but if you found it on a scroll later and still had headroom below the max allowable you could copy it into your book and learn it, if the dice were willing. It's not the clearest of explanations (not unusual for 1e!), but it's in the PH p. 10 under "Intelligence". [/QUOTE]

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