Epic-Level and Spellcaster advancement

[tleilaxu]

In the ELH it says that spells don't advance after twentieth and that for multiclass characters the total level is what is important.

Does this mean that a 10/10 Fighter/Wizard can never cast spells higher than 5th level, no matter what? This seems stupid

 

[DarkJester]

The total level part in the multi-class section really has nothing to do with spell casting. That just means that you are still a epic level character as long as your total levels = 21+. A fighter 10/Wizard 10 can gain a level in wizard and get acsess to 6th level spells.

 

[bret]

I think you misread it.

After 20th level in a type of magic (druid, cleric, wizard, sorcerer, etc), levels don't give you any more spells per day.

I believe your caster level still goes up, and so does everything based on it such as the difficulty of dispelling your spells, range, damage (if it is below the damage cap), etc.

In the case of a Fi10/Wiz10, if they took their 21st level as Wiz they would now have a caster level of 11 and spells per day of an 11th level caster. Assuming they eventually made it that far, at Fi25/Wiz25 they would have the spells per day of a Wiz20 (ignoring any feats that may modify this) and a caster level of 25.

 

[Crothian]

It's caster level that counts for maxing out spell levels.

 

[kreynolds]

In the ELH it says that spells don't advance after twentieth and that for multiclass characters the total level is what is important.

Does this mean that a 10/10 Fighter/Wizard can never cast spells higher than 5th level, no matter what?

Nope. Basically, no matter what your character level is, you get the class benefits as normal up to level 20 for each class. So, if you are a 10 rogue/10 fighter/10 wizard/10 sorcerer/10 druid/10 cleric, you would get all the benefits for leveling up each class to 20. What changes when you hit 20th character level, is your saves, EAB, etc.

This seems stupid

Of course it does.