Dragon Devotee + Dragon Disciple?

[Dagredhel]

Can a character with 5 levels of Dragon Devotee, which adds the Draconic template, then advance in the Dragon Disciple PrC, which grants the abilities of half-dragon? While I haven't found anything that explicitly forbids it, it does seem like the character would be doubling up on stat bonuses that are granted by both templates.

 

[Heckler]

Among other things, the Draconic subtype gives you the Dragonblood subtype which basically says that you are considered to be a dragon whenever such a thing is relevant (feat prereqs, certain spells, sources of extra damage, etc.).

Dragon Disciple has a prereq that you can not already be a dragon.

So I would say you couldn't take both.

Now, it does look like you could take four levels of Dragon Devotee and switch over, but its that fifth level that kills you.

 

[Kurashu]

Do four 4 levels of Dragon Devotee, 10 levels of Dragon Disciple, 1 level of Dragon Devotee. Then 3 levels of Half-Dragon Paragon. Make sure to add extra cheese with metabreath feats and the feat allows extra uses of your breath attack. However, I haven't seen the Dragon Diciple so I don't know if this is possible.

 

[Sejs]

However, I haven't seen the Dragon Disciple so I don't know if this is possible.

It's in the DMG.

 

[Nifft]

ISTR that the whole raison d'etre for the D.Devotee was to allow fighter-types into Dragon Disciple, particularly NPC fighter types.

It would be very silly if it explicitly prohibited exactly that.

Thanks, -- N

 

[Kurashu]

It's in the DMG.

I got my prestige classes messed up, I meant to say Dragon Devotee. Whoops.

 

[Sejs]

I got my prestige classes messed up, I meant to say Dragon Devotee. Whoops.

Yeah that one I don't know, heh. Dragon Magic, maybe? I've never heard of it myself.

 

[Heckler]

ISTR that the whole raison d'etre for the D.Devotee was to allow fighter-types into Dragon Disciple, particularly NPC fighter types.

It would be very silly if it explicitly prohibited exactly that.

Thanks, -- N

While the text on the class does mention this, they suggest taking three levels of Devotee before switching to Disciple. (Third level Devotee gets you spellcasting as a Sorc 1, for meeting Disciple prereqs).

And Dragon Devotee is from Races of the Dragon.