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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Najo" data-source="post: 826873" data-attributes="member: 9959">ClarifyiingWhen I say band-aid, I am using the term that I have seen commonly used in this discussion, meaning that you are covering up the wound instead of healing it. It basically means they are not removing the problem.The Mystic Theurge in concept is truly an interesting idea and I personally like the pushing of the rules into new places (like they do with cards games such as Magic). But its execution is flawed. This class doesn't allow other divine/ arcane caster combinations, so it doesn't solve the problem it sets out to and it favors certain combinations over by the way it removes class abilities from those classes. So you are not truly mutliclassing your caster classes.A much better solution is to allow caster levels from all the casters to stack when multi classed for everything except spells per day.If done this way you end up with characters like such:10 fighter/10 wizard (caster level 10)10 wiz/10 clr (CL 20)10 brd/5 wiz/ 5 fighter (CL 15)10pal/10 clr (CL 15)All of these classes end up having spells per day limited by their actual class level, their casting power (affecting max spell effects, dispel and counter rolls and spell resistance) are not affected. Fighter mages are about equal in power to a paladin or ranger, but cleric/ mages are still CL 20 with a wide assortment of lower level spells (much like the mystic theurge concept). What I like about this system is separates your casting power from spells you know. It also is more backwards compatible then the mystic theurge prestige class. In fact the only part of the rulebook they would have to change is a small blurb in the mutli-classing rules section where it explains how to stack BAB, saves and other class abilities. Caster level should stack. Your devotion to a magic type is represented by the spells you have access to, which would not change.What I am surprised by is that the mystic theurge obviously breaks previous material (especially prestige classes). Before these debates everyone was worried about whether or not the D&D 3.5 rules would work with their books they own as WOTC is claiming they do. Now people are worried about whether or not the Mystic Theurge is broken. Well the mystic theurge makes D&D 3.5 NOT compatible with 3.0, that is something to consider when wondering if it is broken. It changes how you value mutli-classing and caster level completely. It says that a wizard sacrificing 2 feats and familiar abilities are equal to 10 cleric caster levels. It also says that a cleric BAB, saves and turning ability are equal to 10 wizard levels. I am sorry, that is wrong.</blockquote>

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