Wizard spell progression through PrC

[Herzog]

This has probably been asked before, but the Search function is throwing errors at me again:

A prestige class (Ultimate Magus) increases spellcasting as:

you gain new spells per day and an increase in caster level (and

spells known, if applicable) as if you had also gained a level​

in both a prepared arcane casting class and a spontaneous

arcane casting class to which you belonged before adding
the prestige class level. You do not, however, gain any other​

benefit a character of those classes would have gained.

I'm interested in the wizard (prepared) progression.

If I increase the wizard spellcasting through the PrC, what do I get?

additional spells per day is a given, if you wouldn't get that, what would be the point.
Unlike Sorcerer, Wizard doesn't have a fixed number of spells known, so an increase in spells known like the Sorcerer does is not applicable.

However, the Wizard also gaines two free known spells each time he gains a level. Do you get that too if you increase it through the PrC?

The description of another PrC, the Master Specialist, seems to suggest you do:

When you reach 2nd level, you can
add one spell of your chosen school to your spellbook. The
spell can be of any level that you can cast, and it is in addition​

to the normal spells gained when increasing your level.

However, I haven't been able to find a definitive answer anywhere.
Any pointers?

 

[Thanee]

The rules are vague on this, but generally you gain the following:

prepared:
- +1 caster level
- +1 level worth of spells per day *
- +1 level worth of learning/writing new spells *

spontaneous:
- +1 caster level
- +1 level worth of spells per day *
- +1 level worth of spells known *
- +1 level worth of ability to swap out spells *

* as if you had gained a level in your appropriate base spellcasting class.

Bye
Thanee

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

The rules are vague, but myself and most people I know give the wizard his 2 free spells known. Both by looking at the sorcerer gaining spells known as an example (and I recall a time in 3.0 before they made that clear some RBDMs that refused to deviate from RAW would NOT grant something so basic and essential to sorcs) and the fact that at the time of level up, a wizard may not be able to add spells to his book otherwise (thus potentially leaving his new higher level slots only good for metamagic) as reasons to do so.

 

[FEADIN]

It's written:"....and spells known if applicable", wizard gets 2 new spells at each level so.....it's applicable.