Size Increase: Help needed

[silvertable81]

Upon reaching level 5 of the Dragon Disciple prestige class from Tome and Blood, the character goes up a size category. What new bonuses or penalties apply to the character after this change, besides those bonuses and penalties already detailed in the Dragon Disciple write-up?

None, except what is listed in the class description.

oh, that bites, I felt that it was fair for a SOR with no spells. Oh well. Sorry.

 

[kreynolds]

oh, that bites, I felt that it was fair for a SOR with no spells. Oh well. Sorry.

Let's see...by 10th level, they gain a +4 to Strength, a +2 to Constitution, +2 to Intelligence, three hit die increases, Claws and Bite attacks, +3 natural armor, full damage breath weapon, enlargement, wings, and on top of all of that, he does indeed get bonus spells. Yeah, you're right. It totally sucks.

 

[Skarnkai]

Compare that to sacrificing 3 overall levels to get... the same things except the hindrances of being large and the hd increase (or 2 of them anyways)

Only after 20 levels would that be worth it. (Because the bonus spells would be 1-8th level spells, which could offset losses to say Archmage)