Cleric Domain Spells

[Pinotage]

Suppose a cleric character picks up a prestige class that gives +1 level in existing spellcasting class. Does the cleric still gain the domain spells associated with the cleric class or are they considered specific to the cleric class and not the spellcasting advancement?

Thanks

Pinotage

 

[mikebr99]

Suppose a cleric character picks up a prestige class that gives +1 level in existing spellcasting class. Does the cleric still gain the domain spells associated with the cleric class or are they considered specific to the cleric class and not the spellcasting advancement?

Thanks

Pinotage

No... the extra 1 domain spell slot per spell level continues into the PrC... However, the domain special ability would usually be dependant on the cleric level, not caster level, so that wouldn't get better as they leveled in the PrC.


Mike

 

[Pinotage]

Apologies if it sounds like I'm doubting your reply, but could you point me to a reference for this? Need to show a player

Pinotage

 

[UltimaGabe]

Eh, Mike's post was a bit misleading. Basically, think of it this way:

Your Spell Progression is EXACTLY the same as if you remained a Cleric. You still get your Domain slots, you still get your Domain spells, all that's fine.

The associated power, however, is usually dependant on your Cleric level. For example, if you had the Strength Domain, its Domain Power grants you a +1 enhancement bonus to Strength per level of Cleric you have. So if you were a 10th-level Cleric/5th-level Loremaster, the Strength Domain would only give you a +10, even though you're 15th level for purposes of Domain spells. This also applies to abilities like the Smite from the Destruction Domain, or the Turn/Rebuke powers of the Elemental Domains. Some Domain powers, however, like the +1 caster level of the Healing, Good, Evil, Law, and Chaos Domains, aren't based on level and therefore still grant the benefit if you take a Prestige Class.

 

[dcollins]

Apologies if it sounds like I'm doubting your reply, but could you point me to a reference for this? Need to show a player

This is one where you just need to read the ability description carefully. There are no examples or expansion on the subject elsewhere.

From the Loremaster SRD entry:

Spells per Day/Spells Known: When a new loremaster level is gained, the character gains new spells per day (and spells known, if applicable) as if she had also gained a level in a spellcasting class she belonged to before she added the prestige class. She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained. This essentially means that she adds the level of loremaster to the level of some other spellcasting class the character has, then determines spells per day, spells known, and caster level accordingly.

So you get new spells as if you gained a level of Cleric -- domain spells satisfy that definition. You do not get domain powers -- they are not spells.