10th-level Rainbow Servant + Mystic Theurge

[CyberSpyder]

The definition of a divine spellcasting class comes from the class features - specifically, the description of the 'spells' class feature.

From the SRD, about clerics:

Spells: A cleric casts divine spells, which are drawn from the cleric spell list.

Conversely, about Wizards:

Spells: A wizard casts arcane spells which are drawn from the sorcerer/ wizard spell list.

It's spelled out fairly explicitly.

In addition - the Hierophant prestige class doesn't seem to increase spellcasting abilities at all, so it would certainly be open to our theoretical divine wizard. A number of the special abilities granted are only open to characters with cleric levels, and some others are only open to characters with druid levels, but those which are not so circumscribed would be open to his use.

 

[Pax]

While the Heirophant doesn't increase spells-per-day, it DOES increase effective spellcasting level. For divine spellcasting classes; any othe rreadingof the class would just not make sense.

 

[Hypersmurf]

While the Heirophant doesn't increase spells-per-day, it DOES increase effective spellcasting level. For divine spellcasting classes; any othe rreadingof the class would just not make sense.

Actually, that's not how I read it.

For example, a Wiz/Clr/Theurge who takes Heirophant levels (since he meets the prerequisite of 7th level divine spells) "adds his heirophant levels to his base spellcasting levels" to determine caster level. Looks to me like it applies to both his Wizard caster level and his Cleric caster level.

Divine Reach, as written, would allow him to use both his Wiz and Clr touch spells at range.

Spell Power would increase the caster level of both Wiz and Clr spells.

Blast Infidel would work with negative energy Wiz spells.

Faith Healing would apply to any arcane spells with the Healing descriptor. If he could find any.

Now, the Rainbow Servant gets a little tricky when we look at Spell-Like ability. It requires giving up a divine spell slot... but as I understand it, the Rainbow Servant's slots are only divine when he has a divine spell prepared in them, right?

-Hyp.

 

[sledged]

The definition of a divine spellcasting class comes from the class features - specifically, the description of the 'spells' class feature.

From the SRD, about clerics:

Spells: A cleric casts divine spells, which are drawn from the cleric spell list.

Conversely, about Wizards:

Spells: A wizard casts arcane spells which are drawn from the sorcerer/ wizard spell list.

It's spelled out fairly explicitly.

Actually, neither of those statements explicitly state that those classes are either divine spellcasting classes or arcane spellcasting classes. You can conclude that since the cleric casts divine spells that it's a divine spellcasting class, but that's inferred. It's not explicitly stated. Besides the Complete Divine says this about the Rainbow Servant:

Clerical Spell Access: A 10th-level rainbow servant can learn and cast spells from the cleric list, even if they don't appear on the lists of any spellcasting class he has. Such spells are cast as divine spells if they don't appear on the sorcerer/wizard or bard spell lists.

So going on the same line of reasoning one can conclude that since the Rainbow Servant can cast divine spells that it's a divine spellcasting class.

it DOES increase effective spellcasting level. For divine spellcasting classes

I asked you before; where does it say it's only limited to divine spellcasting classes?

any othe rreadingof the class would just not make sense.

That's relative. Just because it doesn't make sense to you doesn't mean it doesn't make sense to anyone else.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Clerical Spell Access: A 10th-level rainbow servant can learn and cast spells from the cleric list, even if they don't appear on the lists of any spellcasting class he has. Such spells are cast as divine spells if they don't appear on the sorcerer/wizard or bard spell lists.

Kinda OT, but this is silly given the rainbow servant's flavour text. Couatls cast their cleric/domain spells as arcane, why should the couatl's disciples cast them as divine?

 

[CyberSpyder]

Actually, neither of those statements explicitly state that those classes are either divine spellcasting classes or arcane spellcasting classes. You can conclude that since the cleric casts divine spells that it's a divine spellcasting class, but that's inferred. It's not explicitly stated.

I don't really see any other way to interpret it...divine spellcasting is the casting of divine spells, and vice versa.

So going on the same line of reasoning one can conclude that since the Rainbow Servant can cast divine spells that it's a divine spellcasting class.

I'd disagree on the grounds that Rainbow Servant, in and of itself, does not grant spellcasting - it only extends spellcasting that already exists. If it does not grant spellcasting, it is not really divine or arcane. Only classes with their own spell list can be 'flavored' as divine or arcane.