Wizard gets SLAs?(Clarification please.)

Takhisis

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Earler today I was reading through threads on this site and found one on pathfinder wizards in which somebody stated they get SLAs of spells from there specialized school at every even level except 8. I own the pathfinder core rulebook, nowhere in the wizard class entry dose it state they get SLAs in that manner. Thus, I want some clarification. Do the wizards indeed get SLAs due to an errata or some other pathfinder book beyond the main core rulebook? Or was that person just mixed up or something? Also, that same person said did not specify which spell list(s) these SLAs can be taken from. I assume if they actually do get SLAs that they would have to be from the arcane list only, but I would also like clarification on this seeing as a fan of necromancers the ability to take stuff from say the cleric list could be very useful. (Though if I HIGHLY doubt the SLAs can come from other lists if wizards in fact get these SLAs at all.)

So, can somebody please clarify these things for me?
 
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The only thing's they get are the special abilities of their chosen school. I think that might be what the person was talking about. I.E.

Wizard

Conjuration School
The conjurer focuses on the study of summoning monsters and magic alike to bend to his will.
Summoner’s Charm (Su): Whenever you cast a conjuration (summoning) spell, increase the duration by a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your wizard level (minimum 1).
At 20th level, you can change the duration of all summon monster spells to permanent. You can have no more than one summon monster spell made permanent in this way at one time. If you designate another summon monster spell as permanent, the previous spell immediately ends.
Acid Dart (Sp): As a standard action you can unleash an acid dart targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. The acid dart deals 1d6 points of acid damage + 1 for every two wizard levels you possess. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modif ier. This attack ignores spell resistance.
Dimensional Steps (Sp): At 8th level, you can use this ability to teleport up to 30 feet per wizard level per day as a standard action. This teleportation must be used in 5-foot increments and such movement does not provoke an attack of opportunity. You can bring other willing creatures with you, but you must expend an equal amount of distance for each additional creature brought with you.
 

Thanks, and I was already aware of the school powers. I've played pathfinder wizards before using just the Core rulebooks(and some 3.5e feats and spells), hence why I was confused by a person posting that wizards get SLAs. It dose not say they do in the core rules and I've always played them as they appear in the core rules. Since I only have the core pathfinder books, a few playtests plus some 3rd party pdfs, I wanted to make sure that some later pathfinder book did not add the SLAs to the wizard class and be assured that I'm not behind the times.
 
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Thanks, but I was aware of that. The post in question had a person saying that all specialized wizards gain SLAs in addition to their standard school powers at all even numbered levels sans 8. I'm sorry if I confused all of you.
 

The post in question had a person saying that all specialized wizards gain SLAs in addition to their standard school powers at all even numbered levels sans 8.

This was true for the Beta Playtest. As you know, it is no longer the case.
 

I see, I was not aware of the Beta playtest. I got into pathfinder after the full core rules where released. The only playtests I have are the ones with the non-core classes like the oracle, witch ect.. I never saw the original beta playtest with the wizard and other core classes. I thank you for the info.
 
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