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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1878134" data-attributes="member: 707">Thanks for all the input so far guys!&nbsp; A few more thoughts:* We already have a druid in the party, so I'd rather not step on her toes if possible.&nbsp; Also, our party is on the largish side.&nbsp; One of the reasons I'm still not 100% sure I'm going to get a cohort at all is because of this.&nbsp; So adding another animal companion to the party is probably not a good idea (we already have a druid with an AC, a ranger with an AC, and my paladin's mount.)&nbsp; So though a druid might work will in this role, I'd prefer to take another route.* Rainbow Servant...what book is that from?&nbsp; CD?&nbsp; If a wizard is my best bet for a utility caster, it might behoove me to go straight wizard, aiming for this PrC...&nbsp; It definitely sounds like what I'm looking for, access to nearly every utility/buff spell in the game.&nbsp; The downside, though, is that this is a cohort, which means the cohort will always be 2 levels behind the party.&nbsp; So the 15th-level Rainbow Servant will have the spellcasting ability of an 11th-level wizard...in a 17th-level party.* I am somewhat worried about healing, but not outside of combat.&nbsp; Our party already makes liberal use of CLW wands, so it's not non-combat healing that concerns me.&nbsp; It's the in-combat healing that we lack.&nbsp; There are times when 1d8+1 simply will not do the trick.&nbsp; When you have 1 round to do something, and your main tank is at 5 hp standing between two red Slaadi.&nbsp; That's the kind of healing that we could use more of.&nbsp; This is one of the reasons I was thinking of a cleric.&nbsp; Augment Healing could give even a cohort some good healing potential...* Roland, your MT is a very interesting build, but the problem with me using it is that I'm trying to build a cohort.&nbsp; So that's an additional -2 spellcasting levels on top of those that are lost due to the class, when compared to the rest of the party.&nbsp; It seems extremely detrimental to go with anything less than full spellcasting progression, due to the fact that cohorts are always 2 levels behind the rest of the party.* I really like the Mage of the Arcane Order suggestion.&nbsp; I remember the class somewhat from T&amp;B.&nbsp; I don't have access to CA at the moment, though I can try to fix that. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Is there a clear ruling on whether Arcane Preparation allows one to enter into the class?&nbsp; If not, perhaps a wizard/mage of the arcane order...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 1878134, member: 707"] Thanks for all the input so far guys! A few more thoughts: * We already have a druid in the party, so I'd rather not step on her toes if possible. Also, our party is on the largish side. One of the reasons I'm still not 100% sure I'm going to get a cohort at all is because of this. So adding another animal companion to the party is probably not a good idea (we already have a druid with an AC, a ranger with an AC, and my paladin's mount.) So though a druid might work will in this role, I'd prefer to take another route. * Rainbow Servant...what book is that from? CD? If a wizard is my best bet for a utility caster, it might behoove me to go straight wizard, aiming for this PrC... It definitely sounds like what I'm looking for, access to nearly every utility/buff spell in the game. The downside, though, is that this is a cohort, which means the cohort will always be 2 levels behind the party. So the 15th-level Rainbow Servant will have the spellcasting ability of an 11th-level wizard...in a 17th-level party. * I am somewhat worried about healing, but not outside of combat. Our party already makes liberal use of CLW wands, so it's not non-combat healing that concerns me. It's the in-combat healing that we lack. There are times when 1d8+1 simply will not do the trick. When you have 1 round to do something, and your main tank is at 5 hp standing between two red Slaadi. [i]That's[/i] the kind of healing that we could use more of. This is one of the reasons I was thinking of a cleric. Augment Healing could give even a cohort some good healing potential... * Roland, your MT is a very interesting build, but the problem with me using it is that I'm trying to build a cohort. So that's an additional -2 spellcasting levels on top of those that are lost due to the class, when compared to the rest of the party. It seems extremely detrimental to go with anything less than full spellcasting progression, due to the fact that cohorts are always 2 levels behind the rest of the party. * I really like the Mage of the Arcane Order suggestion. I remember the class somewhat from T&B. I don't have access to CA at the moment, though I can try to fix that. :) Is there a clear ruling on whether Arcane Preparation allows one to enter into the class? If not, perhaps a wizard/mage of the arcane order... [/QUOTE]

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