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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashrym" data-source="post: 9827265" data-attributes="member: 6750235">That 5th level wizard will have 17 spells in his spell book.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">6 at 1st level</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">8 from 2 per level advancement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3 from subclass savant ability</li> </ul>That's the minimum.  The wizard preps 9 of those and doesn't need to prep any rituals from that selection.The sorcerer likely has 15 spells preps.  9 that they can select and 6 that come from subclass bonus spells prepped.  Unless they're using a subclass that doesn't grant bonus spells prepped such as Wild Magic Sorcerer.  If the sorcerer wants to use ritual casting they need to prep those ritual spells.At lower levels the rate bonus spells are prepped with clerics, druids, and most sorcerers is a big advantage that we're going to see at 5th level.  That stops at 9th level for those classes.  A wizard adding spells to a spell book doesn't suddenly stop like that.  They're still adding 2 per level and 1 more every odd level until 17th level.At 9th level those sorcerers have added 10 bonus spells to the 14 spells prepped for quite a lot.  The wizard still only has 14 spells prepped and may have a low number of bonus spells from a subclass prepped.  Either can add spells via feats.  At 9th level the wizard spell book will have:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">6 at 1st level</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">16 from 2 per level advancement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">5 from subclass savant ability</li> </ul>That's 27 spells minimum in the spell book.  It's always going to be more in the spell book but it's not a large number without adding spells to the book via other sources in the first two tiers.At 10th level the sorcerer learns 1 spells and the wizard adds 2 more to their  spell book.  At 11th level the sorcerer learns 1 spell and the wizard adds 3 to their spell book.  At 12th level the sorcerer learns no spells and the wizard adds 2 to their spell book.  At 13th level the sorcerer learns 1 spell and the wizard adds 3 to their spell book, etc.Without adding additional spells a wizard is leveraging a small number of spells from the spell book for ritual casting or spell swapping (including for making scrolls) in the first two tiers.  That changes rapidly in tier 3 when the wizard continues to add spells to the spell book and other arcane casters are all only picking up a few spells prepared.</blockquote>

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