Folk Magic (Requires Brandish Magical Might and 5 ranks in Spellcraft): His studies with the lore of the common folk enable the enlightened scholar to become a unique spellcaster. He gains the ability to cast and ready certain spells. The enlightened scholar may choose to prepare any spell from the divination and illusion schools of magic and any spells with the curse, darkness, light, mind affecting, negative energy, and positive energy descriptors (regardless of school of magic), provided he can cast spells of that level (see the table). He prepares spells ahead of time, any of which he can cast up to the maximum number of spell slots available to him for each given level. To prepare or cast a spell, an enlightened scholar must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell’s level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an enlightened scholar’s spell is 10 + the spell’s level + the enlightened scholar’s Wisdom modifier. An enlightened scholar’s spells always have both somatic and verbal components. Bonus spells for enlightened scholars are based on Wisdom. The enlightened scholar’s spellcaster level is equal to his class level -3; +1 for each enlightened path ability selected from the folk magic enlightened path; his spellcaster level may never exceed his enlightened scholar class level. For the number of spell slots and spells readied per day, see the tables.
Improved: This ability can be taken multiple times, equating to a rank; the first time it is referred to as Least Folk Magic. The ranks for each additional time are Minor (2nd), Lesser (3rd), Advanced (4th), Greater (5th), Master (6th), and Legendary (7th). Each time it is taken, the enlightened scholar gains extra spell slots and spells readied as outlined.
