Geomancer!

[Dannyalcatraz]

The best path for that Druid- from a fluff standpoint- would be the Sorcerer or Battle Sorcerer. The Druid could hardly call it unnatural if the arcane fire burns in his blood.

 

[bofer]

hellloooooo? shugenja/geomancer? gain the benefit of all the drifts and spell versatility but still retain the power of a full caster?

 

[irdeggman]

ummmm, ok, so, what if you started taking levels as a geomancer after being a shugenja, which meets both the divine and arcane spellcasting requirements?

Nope. Shugenja (at least in Complete Divine which also has the Geomancer) is a divine spellcaster and will not meet arcane spellcasting requirements - unless I've missed something there.

Prereq for Geomancer is able to cast 2nd level divine and 2nd level arcane spells (and some skill ranks).

 

[bofer]

Nope. Shugenja (at least in Complete Divine which also has the Geomancer) is a divine spellcaster and will not meet arcane spellcasting requirements - unless I've missed something there.

Prereq for Geomancer is able to cast 2nd level divine and 2nd level arcane spells (and some skill ranks).

shugenjas are divine casters, but they still are able to cast arcane spells of the second level, such as levitate and flame sphere, technically, that meets the prereqs

 

[irdeggman]

shugenjas are divine casters, but they still are able to cast arcane spells of the second level, such as levitate and flame sphere, technically, that meets the prereqs

False.

If he is a divine caster then the version of the spell he cast is divine and not arcane.

Using your logic a bard meets the prerequisites since he casts cure spells.

If a shugenja or bard makes a scroll of a spell it is a divine spell regardless of whatever other classes' spell lists the spell is on.

 

[bofer]

Well played sir, you are right. I should have checked more thouroughly *embarrased face*

 

[irdeggman]

Well played sir, you are right. I should have checked more thouroughly *embarrased face*

No problem, try this one - the artificer (from Eberron Campaign Setting) is neither an arcane nor a divine caster. So that class can never meet prerequisites that sat able to cast arcane or divine spells. It can meet specific spells and spell level requirements but never "type" of arcane or divine.

 

[Herzog]

It can meet specific spells and spell level requirements but never "type" of arcane or divine.

Small correction: it can't meet specific spell requirements either. (since it doesn't cast spells)

It can only qualify when the requirement specifies a 'caster level', and it can only benefit from an 'increased spellcasting' when no arcane or divine spellcasting is mentioned.

 

[irdeggman]

Small correction: it can't meet specific spell requirements either. (since it doesn't cast spells)

I stand corrected - that is in Magic of Eberron specifically.

I must confused it with the Warlock and his ability to meet specific spell prerequisites via his spell-like ability evocations.

 

[Arkhandus]

ummmm, ok, so, what if you started taking levels as a geomancer after being a shugenja, which meets both the divine and arcane spellcasting requirements?

Umm, no, Shugenja doesn't grant any arcane spellcasting. You might notice that a lot of spells are shared between the Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, and Wizard spell lists, just as several Shugenja spells are also found on the Cleric, Druid, or Sorcerer spell lists. Yet that doesn't make those particular spells both arcane and divine; a Cleric with the Fire domain, or a Fire Shugenja, casts divine versions of the Fireball spell, not arcane versions, for instance.

Also, holy thread-necromancy, Batman!

I do like the Geomancer, though. I also consider it to be somewhat too powerful, but at least not as much as the Shifter or Frenzied Berserker prestige classes.