Helping the sorcerer/wizard- Arcane Synergy feat

[the Jester]

About just changing the rules: I don't want to do that. He made the choice to be a sorcerer/wizard knowing the rules; I don't mind making a feat as a workaround, but don't cotton to the idea of just changing the SR rules for a pc's convenience.

He's doing fine as a buffing machine so far and has said that he's gonna prolly take Arcane Synergy at 12th level.

I like your feat idea! I'm toying with the idea of making one that lets a 5th-level wizard metamagic all his sorcerer spells without increasing the casting time.

 

[Plane Sailing]

About just changing the rules: I don't want to do that. He made the choice to be a sorcerer/wizard knowing the rules; I don't mind making a feat as a workaround, but don't cotton to the idea of just changing the SR rules for a pc's convenience..

I wouldn't consider such a ruling to be fundamentally changing the rules in the least - it seems to me the logical extension of the existing rules for familiar stacking, and it's not as if BAB from different classes doesn't stack either - can you imagine a Ftr6/Barb5 who gets to use either his +6 attack *or* his +5 attack when fighting the CR11 beastie with AC25 and SR 25?

I only mention this because requireing a brand new feat in order to do this seems like slapping an additional penalty onto a character who is already penalised whenever he faces a foe with SR. After all, that is a feat which he can't use for any other purpose! Double jeopardy!

Just playing devils advocate here

 

[las]

The jester what do you think of that feat I posted.

 

[the Jester]

las: I like your feat, but it doesn't really tie in to the wiz/sor dilemma. I'm looking more for things that relate to tying the two classes' spell abilities more closely together.

Plane Sailing: I'm not actually familiar with the familiar rules for a wiz/sor, do the levels stack??

In any case, the rules are clear that caster levels don't stack. I'd say that goes for penetrating SR too.

When he first decided on the character concept, I mentioned this problem to him and he just kinda said, "I'll cross that bridge when I come to it..." So here we come, and it's time to work on it!

Arcane Synergy plus Spell Pentration plus Greater Spell Penetration requires 3 feats; that's 12th, 15th and 18th level for Zeebo (the character in question). By then he'll have 4th and 5th level spells. If he takes all three of those feats, he'll have +8 and +9 to his spell penetration rolls, making him on par with other casters of his level. I think that's all right for a suboptimal combination caster.