CD-feat Practiced Spell Caster compared to my own creation

[Verequus]

It gets quite nasty as well if used to offset the 'level loss' from prestige classes.

i.e. Fighter 1:Wizard 5:Eldritch Knight 10 with this feat twice...

You'd even get 2 (albeit fighter) feats back to compensate for the two you used... Still, I think this don't think it's a bad trade for +5 BAB. And the spell casting ability of a wizard of your level... Its getting to that point where I can't mechanically find a reason not to use this combination.

Okay, that's the kind of example, which basically says: "Into the waste bin!" And there it goes.

But, for a BAB-like variant, there's already a 'Magic Rating variant in Unearthed Arcana. Basically, it works like BAB, with Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorceror, and Wizard getting 1 MR/1 level, Monk, Paladin, and Ranger getting 1 MR/2 levels, and Barbarian, Fighter, and Rogue getting 1 MR/2 levels. Add the MR from all of your classes, and that's your caster level.

I think, the last 1 MR/2 levels is a typo.

I made a similar feat to the CD feat that called 'Practice Makes Perfect', except it granted a max caster level bonus of +3 - the idea being, you could advance in another class and exactly maintain your caster level if you were willing to spend all of your feats on it.

I think, that is a good idea. The CD version taken three times allows 12 levels of free multi-classing, which grants by definition an extra feat.

And has no one an opinion on:

Would be for psions and mages reasonable to consider their caster level +4 higher regarding the spending of PP and MP?

Or +3 - depending on the definition used.

 

[rkanodia]

I think, the last 1 MR/2 levels is a typo.

Yeah. That's supposed to be 1 MR/4 levels. Thanks.

I think, that is a good idea. The CD version taken three times allows 12 levels of free multi-classing, which grants by definition an extra feat.

Well, the multi-classing isn't exactly 'free', since you are losing out on access to higher-level spells. I still can't really think of a case where 'caster level = character level' is game-breaking; can anyone think of one? After all, low level spells have low dice caps anyway...

 

[Hypersmurf]

This is primarily a House Rules thread, so we'll drop it over there...

-Hyp.
(Moderator)

 

[Silveras]

I think, that is a good idea. The CD version taken three times allows 12 levels of free multi-classing, which grants by definition an extra feat.

Nope.

The CD feat lets you improve your Caster Level for only limited purposes: spell effects (range, duration, # targets, dice of damage), penetrating spell resistance, and dispel magic checks.

It does not give you more spells, nor does it give you anything else like more levels.

Also, it must apply to a different spellcasting class each time you take it. A Fighter 6/Wizard 1 could only take it once. A Cleric 6/Wizard 6 could take it twice, once each for Cleric and Wizard.