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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Enkhidu" data-source="post: 965285" data-attributes="member: 351">I've got to agree that the problem really lies with the basic D&D spell system: the artificial divisions between divine and arcane spell caster make it nigh impossible to do this elegantly.There are options, though: one of them springs from Monte's new AU, and it wouldn't surprise me if he uses something similar to what I'll lay out here.We know that in AU, spells are broken up into 3 tiers. I don't recall what he called them, but for this we'll just call them Common, Rare, and Exotic. Basically, from what I've gathered, all spellcaster - regardless of type - will have access to the Common list of spells. No matter how they cast magic, all casters have the ability to make certain things happen. Rare spells are spells that are exculsive to the class - this is a much smaller list. Exotic spells are ones that require feats to cast. With this in mind, I think it becomes obvious that casters can stack levels for all spells that overlap - all spells on the Common list (and all Rare spells that the classes have in commone as well). Of course, to apply this for D&D, it would mean a major overhaul of spell lists - something that wouldn't be feasible until maybe 4.0.</blockquote>