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<blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 1875328" data-attributes="member: 7884">I'm not sure that the feat breaks any particular d20 or D&amp;D v.3.x paradigm, but it is certainly at the &quot;broken&quot; end of the feat usefulness spectrum.&nbsp; With one feat, a multi-class spellcaster enhances all caster level dependent elements of his or her spells by up to 4 levels.&nbsp; A heck of a lot of spell parameters are level dependent.&nbsp; Range, damage, SR penetration, bonuses granted etc. etc.&nbsp; This is an astounding increase in power at low to mid-levels, and a reasonable increase at higher levels.&nbsp; A Wiz1/Ftr4 would be casting his magic missiles as a Wiz5; a Clr1/Ftr4 would be casting his cure light wounds as a Clr5.&nbsp; (OK, the PC wouldn't get the feat 'til 6th level, but you get the point).&nbsp; Not only is it mechanically suspect, but has some really unusual consequences in-game.&nbsp; Suddenly, the Rog4/Wiz5 aiming for the arcane trickster PrC who'd been casting his spells as a 4th level wizard the level before is, on gaining his 9th character level, now casting his wizard spells as a 9th level wizard.&nbsp; Why the sudden incredible burst of power?&nbsp; Has he been touched by some deity of magic?&nbsp; This is one feat (amongst many in the &quot;splatbooks&quot;) which I don't allow IMC.Cheers, Al'Kelhar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al'Kelhar, post: 1875328, member: 7884"] I'm not sure that the feat breaks any particular d20 or D&D v.3.x paradigm, but it is certainly at the "broken" end of the feat usefulness spectrum. With one feat, a multi-class spellcaster enhances all caster level dependent elements of his or her spells by up to 4 levels. A heck of a lot of spell parameters are level dependent. Range, damage, SR penetration, bonuses granted etc. etc. This is an astounding increase in power at low to mid-levels, and a reasonable increase at higher levels. A Wiz1/Ftr4 would be casting his [i]magic missiles[/i] as a Wiz5; a Clr1/Ftr4 would be casting his [i]cure light wounds[/i] as a Clr5. (OK, the PC wouldn't get the feat 'til 6th level, but you get the point). Not only is it mechanically suspect, but has some really unusual consequences in-game. Suddenly, the Rog4/Wiz5 aiming for the arcane trickster PrC who'd been casting his spells as a 4th level wizard the level before is, on gaining his 9th character level, now casting his wizard spells as a 9th level wizard. Why the sudden incredible burst of power? Has he been touched by some deity of magic? This is one feat (amongst many in the "splatbooks") which I don't allow IMC. Cheers, Al'Kelhar [/QUOTE]

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