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<blockquote data-quote="Marius Delphus" data-source="post: 5238307" data-attributes="member: 447">Well, if it were written by WOTC, it would be many times clearer. But compare to Practiced Spellcaster (<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20041105a&amp;page=2" target="_blank">Complete Arcane Excerpt</a>), which increases your effective casting level in one class to your total level, or by 4, whichever is lower. IIUC, Practiced Spellcaster is considered more or less a &quot;must-have&quot; for multiclass casters. In the economy of feats, that means it must logically occupy the top tier of what a feat can do for such a character.Compare also to taking a level in a &quot;dual-caster&quot; prestige class -- taking a level is more &quot;costly&quot; than taking a feat (even if some levels are better than others), and the only stacking going on is previous levels with new levels... not previous levels with more previous levels.This &quot;homebrew&quot; feat exceeds the benefits of either option. When taking a feat gives you more than taking a level, it's time to review the feat for brokenness. It's also worded so badly that it might mean any of a few different things, each of which is broken in this way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marius Delphus, post: 5238307, member: 447"] Well, if it were written by WOTC, it would be many times clearer. But compare to Practiced Spellcaster ([URL="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20041105a&page=2"]Complete Arcane Excerpt[/URL]), which increases your effective casting level in one class to your total level, or by 4, [B]whichever is lower[/B]. IIUC, Practiced Spellcaster is considered more or less a "must-have" for multiclass casters. In the economy of feats, that means it must logically occupy the top tier of what a feat can do for such a character. Compare also to taking a level in a "dual-caster" prestige class -- taking a level is more "costly" than taking a feat (even if some levels are better than others), and the only stacking going on is previous levels with new levels... not previous levels with more previous levels. This "homebrew" feat exceeds the benefits of either option. When taking a feat gives you more than taking a level, it's time to review the feat for brokenness. It's also worded so badly that it might mean any of a few different things, each of which is broken in this way. [/QUOTE]

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