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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3431109" data-attributes="member: 6562">IMC, there's a cohort who was a 12th level Fighter / Occult Slayer / Exotic Weapons Master. He's got a decent Int but no Wisdom or Charisma to speak of.Now he's 14th level. He's just taken his second level of Psion (Shaper). Why? He wants repair construct. Also, he now shoots laser beams (energy ray) out of his eyes.So, IMHO, it's no big deal.- - -Regarding the PC in your scenario, let me get this straight: he wants to delay his spell access and reduce his caster level -- he wants to sacrifice the strongest class feature in the game (arcane spellcasting) -- for a few hit points, +1d6 Sneak Attack, and a bunch of skill points?That would be fine with me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Basically, any time a spellcaster voluntarily lowers his caster level, he better be getting something sweet in return. I see no problem mechanically with this trade off.- - -However, it sounds like you're not asking for mechanical advice, but for story advice. Okay, here's his backstory: he was in Wizard school. He was smart, but lazy. He slacked off and snuck away from class at every opportunity, but was also charming and thus his teachers let him get away with it. He may know some tricks about magic that others don't know (if he has Use Magic Device ranks)... or he may just be a lazy bum who skipped out of class a lot. When he gets serious (next level), he will apply himself, and his abilities will blossom. The transformation will be magical! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Media inspiration: Peter Venkman.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

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