NPJPKelso
2012-02-28, 11:57 AM
Well, first off, hello world. While I am not new to forums, I am new to this forum. I've been lurking here for a while and I tend to find good answers I need to questions I have, but today I am stumped and Google can't help me. Neither can the search function.
So I am planning on DMing a campaign in the near future. I plan on playing a Bard with a focus on luck. The purpose of my NPC is thus: A support character. As a bard, I can help provide information in game to the PCs and in battle, give them little boosts and what not. Like I said, he's more gimmicky than anything with the focus on luck. So I plan on going Fortune's Friend with him, Complete Scoundrel, page 38. It gives a couple levels of "+1 level of existing spellcasting class." I plan on returning to Bard afterwards. What I have in my mind is Bard 1/Human Paragon 3/Rogue 2/Fortune's Friend 5/Bard 9.
By the time I get to Bard again, I'll have "5" levels of Bard spellcasting, but I'll be on my way to second level Bard. How does this work for spellcasters? Should I just continue to "+1 level of existing spellcasting class" for the remaining levels in bard, or is there a written rule somewhere?
So I am planning on DMing a campaign in the near future. I plan on playing a Bard with a focus on luck. The purpose of my NPC is thus: A support character. As a bard, I can help provide information in game to the PCs and in battle, give them little boosts and what not. Like I said, he's more gimmicky than anything with the focus on luck. So I plan on going Fortune's Friend with him, Complete Scoundrel, page 38. It gives a couple levels of "+1 level of existing spellcasting class." I plan on returning to Bard afterwards. What I have in my mind is Bard 1/Human Paragon 3/Rogue 2/Fortune's Friend 5/Bard 9.
By the time I get to Bard again, I'll have "5" levels of Bard spellcasting, but I'll be on my way to second level Bard. How does this work for spellcasters? Should I just continue to "+1 level of existing spellcasting class" for the remaining levels in bard, or is there a written rule somewhere?