So, what's the deal with the Fiend-Blooded?

[rgard]

rgard, I understand what you're saying, but that wasn't really my original point. As has been pointed out, it's relatively trivial to kludge a sorcerer (or any other spontaneous arcane caster) into this class--heck, as I said in my OP, a vanilla bard can take it without any additional feats or PrCs!

All you need to do then is reduce the Knowledge Planes ranks requirement. Nobody has posted that there is official errata for this, so just do it yourself.

You can also ask Wizards or use the Sage advice tool there. Maybe you'll get your answer that way if you don't want to HR it.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Pazu]

You can also ask Wizards or use the Sage advice tool there. Maybe you'll get your answer that way if you don't want to HR it.

I have just done so, and I promise to share any response they give me with the folks here. (We'll see if they bother to answer.)

Mostly, like I said, for me it isn't an issue with houseruling or taking feats or prestige classes. It was really just a question of whether this was an editing error, or intentional design.

 

[rgard]

I have just done so, and I promise to share any response they give me with the folks here. (We'll see if they bother to answer.)

Mostly, like I said, for me it isn't an issue with houseruling or taking feats or prestige classes. It was really just a question of whether this was an editing error, or intentional design.

I'll ask as well tomorrow. I think they work on a critical mass method...the more the same question is asked the better the chance they answer it. I asked about whether the Duskblade could use Arcane Channeling with touch spells from other classes, others asked as well and eventually they posted a response.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Dagredhel]

My prefered option is to take the Apprentice (Spellcaster) feat fom DMG 2.

It allows you to treat one knowledge skill (and use magic device) as class skills, plus gives a few other goodies.

What are the "other goodies"?

 

[Elemental]

This is kind of amusing. There's a psionic prestige class which has exactly the same mistake: it's clearly intended for wilders, the sample PC is a wilder, and yet it requires 8 ranks in Knowledge(The Planes), which is a cross-class skill for wilders.

Or the Sacred Exorcist in 3.0, when clerics didn't have Knowledge: The Planes by default.