[RPG] Can a multiclass character with 1 level of wizard copy any wizard spell they find into their spellbook

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The "Your Spellbook" sidebar for the wizard includes the following line:

Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a level for which you have spell slots and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.

Does this mean that a Wizard 1/Cleric 19 can copy any wizard spell they find into their spellbook?

Is there anything preventing them from casting these spells?

Best Answer

I would say no to both copying and casting Wizard spells above level 1, based on the spellcasting rules under multiclassing on pg 164 of the PHB:

You determine what spells you know and can prepare for each class individually, as if you were a single-classed member of that class

I read that as saying that you would count as a level 1 wizard, which comes into play under the and can prepare section. A level 1 wizard cannot prepare spells higher than first level. Nor would they be able to scribe them, as spells you are allowed to know are also based on individual single class.

PHB Example with wizard on pg 164 as well:

As a 3rd level wizard, you know three wizard cantrips, and your spellbook contains ten wizards spells, two of which can be 2nd level

The first errata to the PHB clarifies this explicitly:

Your Spellbook (p. 114). The spells copied into a spellbook must be of a spell level the wizard can prepare.

But, you would be able to cast a level 1 wizard spell as a 9th level spell slot, per PHB rules further below:

If you have more than one spellcasting class, this table might give you spell slots of a level that is higher than the spells you know or can prepare. You can use those slots, but only to cast your lower level spells. If a lower level spell that you cast, like burning hands, has an enhanced effect when cast using a higher-level slot, you can use the enhanced effect, even though you don't have any spells of that higher level.