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	The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]] and [http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&page=3 available for free as part of the book's preview excerpts], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its truly massive arsenal of spells they have potential access to.		The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20200830220153/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&page=3 available for free as part of the book's preview excerpts], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its truly massive arsenal of spells they have potential access to.

	==Indexing the Multiverse==		==Indexing the Multiverse==
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	The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).		The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).


	The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells which give new ways to utterly break this class. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.		The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells which give new ways to utterly break this class. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.

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	==So why is this so broken?==		==So why is this so broken?==
	First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] ~~and~~ and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.		First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.

	The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).		The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).

1d4chan>Agiletek at 05:54, 25 May 2019

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	The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its truly massive arsenal of spells they have potential access to.		The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]] and [http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&page=3 available for free as part of the book's preview excerpts], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its truly massive arsenal of spells they have potential access to.

	==Indexing the Multiverse==		==Indexing the Multiverse==

1d4chan>Agiletek: /* So why is this so broken? */

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So why is this so broken?

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	First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.		First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.

	The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.		The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).

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	The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its truly massive arsenal of spells they have potential access to.		The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its truly massive arsenal of spells they have potential access to.

	==Indexing the Multiverse==		==Indexing the Multiverse==

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So why is this so broken?

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	The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.		The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.

	~~The two official D&D 3.5E campaign settings offer new ways to utterly break this class.~~ The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.
			The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells which give new ways to utterly break this class. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.

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1d4chan>Agiletek at 23:08, 15 October 2018

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	==So why is this so broken?==		==So why is this so broken?==
	First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s and [[Ranger]]s can cast~~. You even get access to some of the spells~~ the [[NPC]]~~-only~~ Adept can cast, some of ~~whom~~ earlier than the [[PC]] classes! ~~And if you can talk your [[DM]] into allowing~~ the Divine Bard class~~, you can cast their spells as well!~~ This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.		First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.

	The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.		The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.

	The two official D&D 3.5E campaign settings offer new ways to utterly break this class. The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. Eberron ~~however gives you the chance to break the game balance in half. How? By being (or meeting) an artificer. He can scribe scrolls. Any~~ scrolls~~. Any brakes the DM had on your ability to learn spells is now lost. If you play~~ an ~~artificer/archivist gestalt AND are allowed Anyspell, you will literally be able~~ to ~~cast >80% of spells in the entire game~~.		The two official D&D 3.5E campaign settings offer new ways to utterly break this class. The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.

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	The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.		The problem with this is that to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it.

	The two official D&D 3.5E campaign settings offer new ways to ~~utter~~ break this class. The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. Eberron however gives you the chance to break the game balance in half. How? By being (or meeting) an artificer. He can scribe scrolls. Any scrolls. Any brakes the DM had on your ability to learn spells is now lost. If you play an artificer/archivist gestalt AND are allowed Anyspell, you will literally be able to cast >80% of spells in the entire game.		The two official D&D 3.5E campaign settings offer new ways to utterly break this class. The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. Eberron however gives you the chance to break the game balance in half. How? By being (or meeting) an artificer. He can scribe scrolls. Any scrolls. Any brakes the DM had on your ability to learn spells is now lost. If you play an artificer/archivist gestalt AND are allowed Anyspell, you will literally be able to cast >80% of spells in the entire game.

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	The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20200830220153/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&page=3 available for free as part of the book's preview excerpts], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its ~~truly~~ massive arsenal of spells they ~~have potential~~ access to.		The '''Archivist''' is a class in [[3.5e]] [[Dungeons & Dragons]] introduced in the book [[Heroes of Horror]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20200830220153/http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&page=3 available for free as part of the book's preview excerpts], a hunter of mystical lore and knowledge both holy and unholy, a scholar of divine power. Archivists hunt down anything containing magical lore and copy it, for use amongst other scholars. The Archivist is also [[Tier System\|one of the six most powerful classes in the game]] because of its massive arsenal of spells they can access.

	==Indexing the Multiverse==		==Indexing the Multiverse==
	Despite being a divine caster the Archivist has no special healing powers. Sure, they can heal but they ~~need to~~ use their daily slots ~~for that~~. Instead, they get DARK KNOWLEDGE. Being students of Lore Man Was Not Meant To Learn they become experts on aberrations, elementals, magical beasts, outsiders and undead (and [[Dragon]]s and Constructs or Fey and Giants as well, if you take the proper feats). They can use this knowledge to shout hints at their party to better [[Angry Marines\|kick those fucks in the balls]]:		Despite being a divine caster the Archivist has no special healing powers. Sure, they can heal, but they must use their daily slots. Instead, they get DARK KNOWLEDGE. Being students of Lore Man Was Not Meant To Learn, they become experts on aberrations, elementals, magical beasts, outsiders and undead (and [[Dragon]]s and Constructs or Fey and Giants as well, if you take the proper feats). They can use this knowledge to shout hints at their party to better [[Angry Marines\|kick those fucks in the balls]]:

	* Tactics: The party gets bonuses on their attack rolls to better kick those fucks in the balls.		* Tactics: The party gets bonuses on their attack rolls to better kick those fucks in the balls.
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	The Archivist starts out with being able to do use Tactics three times a day, eventually unlocking all of them and becoming able to use these powers nine times per day. This check is made on a DC15 Knowledge (Arcana, Dungeoneering, Nature, Religion or The Planes) check: if they pass the power works. If they pass these checks with a 25+ or a 35+ these powers become more potent: bonuses go from +1 to +2 or +3 or the effects become more serious. As the Archivist levels they four times gain a +2 bonus on any of their knoweldge checks, and a +2 Decipher Script bonus the first time. They also get a one-time +2 bonus on saves agains the school of Enchantment for some reason, and an extra feat at levels 10 and 20 for a skill or spell focus or a metamagic- or item creation feat.		The Archivist starts out with being able to do use Tactics three times a day, eventually unlocking all of them and becoming able to use these powers nine times per day. This check is made on a DC15 Knowledge (Arcana, Dungeoneering, Nature, Religion or The Planes) check: if they pass the power works. If they pass these checks with a 25+ or a 35+ these powers become more potent: bonuses go from +1 to +2 or +3 or the effects become more serious. As the Archivist levels they four times gain a +2 bonus on any of their knoweldge checks, and a +2 Decipher Script bonus the first time. They also get a one-time +2 bonus on saves agains the school of Enchantment for some reason, and an extra feat at levels 10 and 20 for a skill or spell focus or a metamagic- or item creation feat.

	But that's not what you're here for. The main feature of the Archivist is that ~~they~~'re a divine spellcaster who can learn their spells ~~on their own~~ and record them in a spellbook much like a [[Wizard]]. They gain a good deal of spells per day too: 4 level 0 and 5 for all the remaining levels for a massive repertoire of 49 spells per day before any bonuses from their attributes. [[INT]] is by far the most important stat for the Archivist: it improves their [[skills]] and their spellcasting at the same time. Make sure to take the Academic Priest feat from Legend of the Twins (an obscure [[Dragonlance]] book) that allows Divine casters to use their INT instead of their WIS for bonus spells to become SAD.		But that's not what you're here for. The main feature of the Archivist is that it's a divine spellcaster who can learn their spells independently and record them in a spellbook, much like a [[Wizard]]. They gain a good deal of spells per day too: 4 level 0 and 5 for all the remaining levels for a massive repertoire of 49 spells per day before any bonuses from their attributes. [[INT]] is by far the most important stat for the Archivist: it improves their [[skills]] and their spellcasting at the same time. Make sure to take the Academic Priest feat from Legend of the Twins (an obscure [[Dragonlance]] book) that allows Divine casters to use their INT instead of their WIS for bonus spells to become SAD.

	The Archivist is unique in that they learn their spells (aside from the one they get from leveling up) from external sources, much like the [[Erudite]] does, but instead of learning from the minds or treasures of their enemies, they learn from scrolls and other written sources. This means that the Archivist has to personally dig into long-forgotten tombs, dungeons and other Places Man Was Not Meant To Go and copy whatever he finds (according to the regular rules regarding copying spells from other sources; have fun hanging upside down from your ankles for 24+ hours while you copy the text written on the side of a tunnel going straight down into the [[Underdark]]).		The Archivist is unique in that they learn their spells (aside from the one they get from leveling up) from external sources, much like the [[Erudite]] does, but instead of learning from the minds or treasures of their enemies, they learn from scrolls and other written sources. This means that the Archivist has to personally dig into long-forgotten tombs, dungeons and other Places Man Was Not Meant To Go and copy whatever he finds (according to the regular rules regarding copying spells from other sources; have fun hanging upside down from your ankles for 24+ hours while you copy the text written on the side of a tunnel going straight down into the [[Underdark]]).

	==So why is this so broken?==		==So why is this so broken?==
	First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige ~~class~~\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.		First off, while the Archivist lacks the class features of the [[Cleric]] and all class-specific bonuses they get, the Archivist gets a few perks regarding his series of spells. Namely, the Archivist has access to ALL Divine spells. This includes everything on the Cleric List... and ALL the domain spells as well, alongside everything [[Druid]]s, (Anti-)[[Paladin]]s, and [[Ranger]]s can cast as well as the [[NPC]] class Adept can cast (some of which are obtained earlier than the [[PC]] classes)! Just the core divine casters alone, which the Archivist was fully intended to get, are enough to make the Archivist broken. This gets worse when things like the Divine Bard class are allowed. This gives the Archivist a potential repertoire of spells beyond what even the Spell-to-Power Erudite or a [[Prestige Class\|Rainbow Servant]] Wizard can cast. If going by a temple or library where they have Divine spells written down, the Archivist can, with enough time and money, write entire books worth of spells so that he can be ready for anything a Divine caster can run into.

	The problem with this is ~~that~~ to become powerful you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).		The problem with this is to become powerful, you really depend on what your DM allows you to get away with. The amount of scrolls you'll get as loot is always limited, and there's only so much your DM will give you before calling bullshit and starts to limit you. And Druids and Rangers are not very inclined to write their knowledge down, so you'll meet some problems there. Overall, this class can be quite a bit of fun, but requires close cooperation with your DM to get something done with it. Even if the GM does hose you, just Cleric spells are enough to be tier one (that is all the Cleric gets after all).

	The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells which give new ways to utterly break this class. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.		The Forgotten Realms has the Anyspell and Greater Anyspell Domain Spells, which give new ways to utterly break this class. They let you fill that spell slot with an arcane spell of lower level, so everything under Wizard 5 or less is fair game. Take a level of Wizard or the Magical Training regional feat and have access to over half of the available arcane spells by copying spell books. [[Eberron]] wisely made it so that scrolls created by an [[Artificer]] were neither arcane nor divine to avoid breaking this class even further.

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